sorn
See also: SORN and sòrn
English
Etymology
Perhaps from sojourn.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
sorn (third-person singular simple present sorns, present participle sorning, simple past and past participle sorned)
- (Scotland, intransitive, dated) to impose upon another for food and lodging.
Derived terms
- sorner
Anagrams
- NORs, RONs, nors, orns
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.
Noun
sorn m (genitive singular soirn, nominative plural soirn)
- furnace
- stove, range
Declension
Declension of sorn
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (stove, range): sornóg
Derived terms
- píopa soirn m (“stove-pipe”)
- snasán soirn m (“stove-polish”)
- sornaire m (“furnace tender”)
- sorn campála m (“camping stove”)
- sornchoire m (“range boiler”)
- sornchruanta (“stove-enamelled”, adjective)
- sorn cistine (“cooker, cooking-range, kitchener, kitchen-range”)
Related terms
- oigheann m (“oven”)
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)
- range, fireplace under boiler
Derived terms
- sorn aarlee (“kitchen range”)
- sorn-coirrey (“range boiler”)
- sorn gas (“gas cooker”)
- sorn kishtin (“cooking range, cooker”)
- sorn lectragh (“electric cooker”)
- sorn ooill (“oil stove”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sorn | horn 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 (genitive suirn, nominative plural suirn)
- furnace, oven, kiln
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | sorn | sornL | suirnL |
| Vocative | suirn | sornL | surnuH |
| Accusative | sornN | sornL | surnuH |
| Genitive | suirnL | sorn | sornN |
| Dative | surnL | sornaib | sornaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: sorn
- Manx: sorn
- Scottish Gaelic: sòrn
- → Faroese: sornur
Further reading
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| 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.