straidhn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English strain, from the verb, from Middle English straynen, streinen, streynen, from Old French estreindre, from Latin stringō (“to draw tight together, to tie”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠt̪ˠɾˠainʲ/[2]

Noun

straidhn f (genitive singular straidhne)

  1. (engineering) strain (measure of object deformation)
  2. fit (sudden outburst of emotion)
    Synonym: taom

Declension

Declension of straidhn (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative straidhn
vocative a straidhn
genitive straidhne
dative straidhn
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an straidhn
genitive na straidhne
dative leis an straidhn
don straidhn

Derived terms

  • straidhneáil
  • straidhniúil

References

  1. ^ “straidhn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14

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