sraoill

Irish

Alternative forms

• straoill

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠiːlʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠiːl̠ʲ/

Noun

sraoill m (genitive singular sraoille, nominative plural sraoilleanna)

1. ragged person; bedraggled person; sloven, slattern
2. trail

Declension

Declension of sraoill (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sraoill sraoilleanna vocative a shraoill a shraoilleanna genitive sraoille sraoilleanna dative sraoill sraoilleanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsraoill na sraoilleanna genitive na sraoille na sraoilleanna dative leis an tsraoill don tsraoill leis na sraoilleanna

Descendants

• → English: streel
• → Yola: streel

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sraoill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN