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