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
- coilleag
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
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “srùban”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “srubán, srúbán ?, sreabán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language