strainséir

Irish

Alternative forms

• stráinséir (Munster)
• strainséara (Cois Fharraige)
• strainnsear, strainnséar, stráinséair, strainsear, strainséar, stráinséar, stróinséar, stróinséir, stróinseur (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from Latin extrāneus (“foreign, external”); adapted to the suffix -éir.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠɾˠɑːnʲˈʃeːɾʲ/ (corresponding to the form stráinséir)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠt̪ˠɾˠan̠ʲʃeːɾˠə/ (corresponding to the form strainséara)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠt̪ˠɾˠan̠ʲʃaɾʲ/

Noun

strainséir m (genitive singular strainséara, nominative plural strainséirí)

1. stranger (to a person or to a place)

Declension

Declension of strainséir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative strainséir strainséirí vocative a strainséir a strainséirí genitive strainséara strainséirí dative strainséir strainséirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an strainséir na strainséirí genitive an strainséara na strainséirí dative leis an strainséir don strainséir leis na strainséirí

Further reading

• “strainséir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “strainséir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 696
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “strainséir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN