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) holm (rich flat land near a river), bottom (low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil) river valley ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “srath”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1110; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “srath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós (“stretched, spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, extend, stretch out”). === Noun === srath m grass, sward ==== Descendants ==== Irish: srath Manx: strah Scottish Gaelic: srath→ English: strath === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === (northern dialects) IPA(key): /s̪t̪ɾa(h)/ (Argyll, Perthshire) IPA(key): /s̪ɾa/ === 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) wide, flat river valley; strath low-lying or flat part of a valley district, farm or country, in contrast to its hilly ground meadow dell (rare) marshy ground 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) tax, fine, amercement === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume V, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 242-243