straidhn
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editstraidhn f (genitive singular straidhne)
- (engineering) strain (measure of object deformation)
- fit (sudden outburst of emotion)
- Synonym: taom
Declension
editDeclension of straidhn
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “straidhn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “straḋain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 695
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “straidhn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14
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- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *streyg-
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- Irish terms derived from Old French
- Irish terms derived from Latin
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