srath

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish srath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠa(h)/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠa/, [ʂ(ɽ)a]

Noun

srath m (genitive singular sratha, nominative plural sratha)

1. holm (rich flat land near a river), bottom (low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil)
2. river valley

Declension

Declension of srath

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative srath sratha Vocative a shrath a shratha Genitive sratha srath Dative srath sratha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an srath na sratha Genitive an tsratha na srath Dative leis an srath don srath leis na sratha

Derived terms

• Srath Bán (“Strabane”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “srath”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “srath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɾa(h)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish srath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”). Probably influenced in meaning by a Brythonic/Pictish cognate, compare Welsh ystrad (“river valley”).

Noun

srath m (genitive singular sratha, plural srathan)

1. wide, flat river valley; strath
2. low-lying or flat part of a valley district, farm or country, in contrast to its hilly ground
3. meadow
4. dell
5. (rare) marshy ground
6. plain beside a river

Derived terms

• srathan
• Srath Chluaidh

Descendants

• → English: strath

Etymology 2

Cognate with Irish sraith f (“imposition, rate, tax”). The Dictionary of the Irish Language assigns this meaning to Old Irish srath (“grass, sward”), but Old Irish sreth (“series, arrangement”) may be more likely.

Noun

srath m (genitive singular sraith, plural srathan)

1. tax, fine, amercement

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
srath	shrath after "an", t-srath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.