stráice
Appearance
See also: stràice
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English strake, from Old English *straca, from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”)
Noun
[edit]stráice m (genitive singular stráice, nominative plural stráicí)
- strip (long, thin piece of land or material)
- stretch (segment of a journey or route)
- (nautical) strake (continuous line of planks or plates in a vessel's hull)
- flamboyance
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- stráice ceangail (“binding-strake”)
- stráice cosanta (“rubbing-strake”)
- stráiciúil (“flamboyant”, adjective)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “stráic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 695
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stráice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN