sròn

See also: srón, śron, and Śron

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish srón, from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɾɔːn/
• (Argyll, Perthshire) IPA^(key): /s̪ɾɔːn/

Noun

sròn f (genitive singular sròine, plural srònan or sròintean or sròinean)

1. nose
2. snout, trunk
3. toe (of a shoe or boot)
4. promontory, point

Declension

Declension of sròn (class IIa feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sròn	srònan
Genitive	sròine	shròn
Dative	sròin	srònan; srònaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) t-sròn	(na) srònan
Genitive	(na) sròine	(nan) sròn
Dative	(an) t-sròin	(na) srònan; srònaibh✝
Vocative	shròn	shròna

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• (promontory): àird, rubha

Derived terms

• an t-Sròn Reamhar
• Camshron

Mutation

Mutation of sròn

radical	lenition
sròn	shròn after "an", t-sròn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.