sreangaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• strangaire, stringire

Etymology

From sreang +‎ -aire.

Noun

sreangaire m (genitive singular sreangaire, nominative plural sreangairí)

1. tall, ungainly person
2. dragger (something that drags), puller (anything that pulls)
3. stringer (someone who threads or strings)

Declension

Declension of sreangaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sreangaire sreangairí vocative a shreangaire a shreangairí genitive sreangaire sreangairí dative sreangaire sreangairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sreangaire na sreangairí genitive an tsreangaire na sreangairí dative leis an sreangaire don sreangaire leis na sreangairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreangaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sreangaire	shreangaire after an, tsreangaire	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sreangaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 687
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN