srùban
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish srubán, srúbán m (“thin cake of bread, small loaf; cockle”), possibly from srúb n (“snout, muzzle, beak, nose”).
Noun
srùban f (genitive singular srùbain, plural srùbain)
- diminutive of srùb
- cockle
Synonyms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| srùban | shrùban after "an", t-srùban |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “srubán, srúbán ?, sreabán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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