srathnaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

sreathnaigh
srathnuigh, sreathnuigh (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish srethnaigid, from Old Irish sreth, verbal noun of sernaid (whence modern searn).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɾˠɑhn̪ˠɪɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɾˠahnˠə/, /ˈsˠɾˠahn̪ˠə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɾˠahnˠiː/, /ˈsˠɾˠahn̪ˠiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɾˠʌhnˠi/, [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʌhnˠi]; /ˈsˠɾˠʌhn̪ˠi/^[3], [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʌhn̪ˠi]

Verb

srathnaigh (present analytic srathnaíonn, future analytic srathnóidh, verbal noun srathnú, past participle srathnaithe)

to scatter, spread (out), disperse (scatter in different directions)
(literary) to arrange in order, to dispose (distribute and put in place)

Conjugation

conjugation of srathnaigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	srathnú
past participle	srathnaithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	srathnaím	srathnaíonn tú; srathnaír^†	srathnaíonn sé, sí	srathnaímid; srathnaíonn muid	srathnaíonn sibh	srathnaíonn siad; srathnaíd^†	a shrathnaíonn; a shrathnaíos / a srathnaíonn*	srathnaítear
past	shrathnaigh mé; shrathnaíos	shrathnaigh tú; shrathnaís	shrathnaigh sé, sí	shrathnaíomar; shrathnaigh muid	shrathnaigh sibh; shrathnaíobhair	shrathnaigh siad; shrathnaíodar	a shrathnaigh / ar shrathnaigh*	srathnaíodh
past habitual	shrathnaínn / srathnaínn‡‡	shrathnaíteá / srathnaíteá‡‡	shrathnaíodh sé, sí / srathnaíodh sé, sí‡‡	shrathnaímis; shrathnaíodh muid / srathnaímis‡‡; srathnaíodh muid‡‡	shrathnaíodh sibh / srathnaíodh sibh‡‡	shrathnaídís; shrathnaíodh siad / srathnaídís‡‡; srathnaíodh siad‡‡	a shrathnaíodh / a srathnaíodh*	shrathnaítí / srathnaítí‡‡
future	srathnóidh mé; srathnód; srathnóchaidh mé^†	srathnóidh tú; srathnóir^†; srathnóchaidh tú^†	srathnóidh sé, sí; srathnóchaidh sé, sí^†	srathnóimid; srathnóidh muid; srathnóchaimid^†; srathnóchaidh muid^†	srathnóidh sibh; srathnóchaidh sibh^†	srathnóidh siad; srathnóid^†; srathnóchaidh siad^†	a shrathnóidh; a shrathnós; a shrathnóchaidh^†; a shrathnóchas^† / a srathnóidh; a srathnóchaidh^†	srathnófar; srathnóchar^†
conditional	shrathnóinn; shrathnóchainn^† / srathnóinn‡‡; srathnóchainn^†‡‡	shrathnófá; shrathnóchthá^† / srathnófá‡‡; srathnóchthá^†‡‡	shrathnódh sé, sí; shrathnóchadh sé, sí^† / srathnódh sé, sí‡‡; srathnóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	shrathnóimis; shrathnódh muid; shrathnóchaimis^†; shrathnóchadh muid^† / srathnóimis‡‡; srathnódh muid‡‡; srathnóchaimis^†‡‡; srathnóchadh muid^†‡‡	shrathnódh sibh; shrathnóchadh sibh^† / srathnódh sibh‡‡; srathnóchadh sibh^†‡‡	shrathnóidís; shrathnódh siad; shrathnóchadh siad^† / srathnóidís‡‡; srathnódh siad‡‡; srathnóchadh siad^†‡‡	a shrathnódh; a shrathnóchadh^† / a srathnódh; a srathnóchadh^†	shrathnófaí; shrathnóchthaí^† / srathnófaí‡‡; srathnóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go srathnaí mé; go srathnaíod^†	go srathnaí tú; go srathnaír^†	go srathnaí sé, sí	go srathnaímid; go srathnaí muid	go srathnaí sibh	go srathnaí siad; go srathnaíd^†	—	go srathnaítear
past	dá srathnaínn	dá srathnaíteá	dá srathnaíodh sé, sí	dá srathnaímis; dá srathnaíodh muid	dá srathnaíodh sibh	dá srathnaídís; dá srathnaíodh siad	—	dá srathnaítí
imperative
–	srathnaím	srathnaigh	srathnaíodh sé, sí	srathnaímis	srathnaígí; srathnaídh^†	srathnaídís	—	srathnaítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *srathnaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
srathnaigh	shrathnaigh after an, tsrathnaigh	not applicable

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

References

^ “srathnaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sreth(n)aigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50