suantraí
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish súantraige, synchronically analyzable as suan (“sleep”) + -traí (“type of music”).
Noun
suantraí f (genitive singular suantraí, nominative plural suantraithe)
- lullaby
Declension
Declension of suantraí
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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See also
- geantraí
- goltraí
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
suantraí | shuantraí after an, tsuantraí | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “suantraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “suantraí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suantraí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.