sorn

See also: SORN and sòrn

English

Etymology

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Verb

sorn (third-person singular simple present sorns, present participle sorning, simple past and past participle sorned)

  1. (intransitive, dated) to impose upon another for food and lodging.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m (genitive singular soirn, nominative plural soirn)

  1. furnace
  2. stove, range

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sorn shorn
after an, tsorn		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "sorn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “sorn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m (genitive singular sorn)

  1. range, fireplace under boiler

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
sornhorn
after "yn", torn		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “sorn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sor͈n͈/

Noun

sorn m

  1. furnace, oven, kiln

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sorn sornL suirnL
Vocative suirn sornL surnu
Accusative sornN sornL surnu
Genitive suirnL sorn sornN
Dative surnL sornaib sornaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Further reading

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sorn ṡorn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “sorn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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