straidhn

Irish

Alternative forms

• stradhain

Etymology

From 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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠɾˠɑinʲ/
• IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠɾˠəinʲ/

Noun

straidhn f (genitive singular straidhne)

1. (engineering) strain (measure of object deformation)
2. fit (sudden outburst of emotion)

   Synonym: taom

Declension

Declension of straidhn

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative straidhn Vocative a straidhn Genitive straidhne Dative straidhn

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an straidhn Genitive na straidhne Dative leis an straidhn don straidhn

Derived terms

• straidhneáil
• straidhniúil

Further reading

• “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