sarn
See also: Sarn
English
Etymology
From Welsh sarn (“a causeway, paving”).
Noun
sarn (plural sarns)
- (archaic, Wales) A pavement or stepping stone.[1]
- (archaic, Wales) A causeway.
- 1906, H.C. Tierney, “What Does "Pensarn" Mean”, in Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, volumes 1-6, page 23:
- "Not now," he went on, "but there was a high sarn formerly, and only for that both vehicles and foot passengers would ovten have found it impossible to get into Carmarthen from that direction. The tides and floods there were terrible in those times."
- 1913, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, page 105:
- The ground in the immediate neighbourhood is somewhat boggy and treacherous, and a 'sarn' has doubtless always been necessary for traversing the bog.
References
- ^ “sarn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsarn/
- Rhymes: -arn
- Syllabification: sarn
Noun
sarn f
Further reading
- sarn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sarna, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śarna. Cognates include Finnish saarna.
Noun
sarn
Declension
| Inflection of sarn (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | sarn | ||
| genitive sing. | sarnan | ||
| partitive sing. | sarnad | ||
| partitive plur. | sarnoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sarn | sarnad | |
| accusative | sarnan | sarnad | |
| genitive | sarnan | sarnoiden | |
| partitive | sarnad | sarnoid | |
| essive-instructive | sarnan | sarnoin | |
| translative | sarnaks | sarnoikš | |
| inessive | sarnas | sarnoiš | |
| elative | sarnaspäi | sarnoišpäi | |
| illative | sarnaha | sarnoihe | |
| adessive | sarnal | sarnoil | |
| ablative | sarnalpäi | sarnoilpäi | |
| allative | sarnale | sarnoile | |
| abessive | sarnata | sarnoita | |
| comitative | sarnanke | sarnoidenke | |
| prolative | sarnadme | sarnoidme | |
| approximative I | sarnanno | sarnoidenno | |
| approximative II | sarnannoks | sarnoidennoks | |
| egressive | sarnannopäi | sarnoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | sarnahasai | sarnoihesai | |
| terminative II | sarnalesai | sarnoilesai | |
| terminative III | sarnassai | — | |
| additive I | sarnahapäi | sarnoihepäi | |
| additive II | sarnalepäi | sarnoilepäi | |
Welsh
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”),[1] perhaps via Proto-Celtic *star-no-[2] (see Proto-Celtic *starnati (“to strew”)).
Noun
sarn f (plural sarnau, not mutable)
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sarn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*star-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 354