Sord

See also: sord

Irish

Etymology

Unknown. According to the Book of Lismore it was the name of a well in the area and meant “pure”, but nowhere else does the word sord exist in Irish with that or any other meaning. It may therefore be from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /sˠauɾˠd̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠɔːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Sord m (genitive Sord)

  1. Swords (a town in Fingal, Ireland)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • →⇒ English: Swords
  • →⇒ Fingallian: Swords

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sord
radical lenition eclipsis
Sord Shord
after an, tSord 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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