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sreang
sreang
Irish
Noun
sreang f (genitive singular sreinge, nominative plural sreanga or sreangacha)
Declension
Declension of sreang
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plurals: sreangacha, sreanganna
Synonyms
- (wire): sreang mhiotail
- (chain): slabhra
Derived terms
Terms derived from sreang
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Verb
sreang (present analytic sreangann, future analytic sreangfaidh, verbal noun sreangadh, past participle sreangtha)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | sreangaim | sreangann tú; sreangair† |
sreangann sé, sí | sreangaimid | sreangann sibh | sreangann siad; sreangaid† |
a shreangann; a shreangas / a sreangann*; a sreangas* |
sreangtar |
| past | shreang mé; shreangas | shreang tú; shreangais | shreang sé, sí | shreangamar; shreang muid | shreang sibh; shreangabhair | shreang siad; shreangadar | a shreang / ar shreang* |
sreangadh | |
| past habitual | shreangainn | shreangtá | shreangadh sé, sí | shreangaimis; shreangadh muid | shreangadh sibh | shreangaidís; shreangadh siad | a shreangadh / ar shreangadh* |
shreangtaí | |
| future | sreangfaidh mé; sreangfad |
sreangfaidh tú; sreangfair† |
sreangfaidh sé, sí | sreangfaimid; sreangfaidh muid |
sreangfaidh sibh | sreangfaidh siad; sreangfaid† |
a shreangfaidh; a shreangfas / a sreangfaidh*; a sreangfas* |
sreangfar | |
| conditional | shreangfainn | shreangfá | shreangfadh sé, sí | shreangfaimis; shreangfadh muid | shreangfadh sibh | shreangfaidís; shreangfadh siad | a shreangfadh / ar shreangfadh* |
shreangfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go sreanga mé; go sreangad† |
go sreanga tú; go sreangair† |
go sreanga sé, sí | go sreangaimid; go sreanga muid |
go sreanga sibh | go sreanga siad; go sreangaid† |
— | go sreangtar |
| past | dá sreangainn | dá sreangtá | dá sreangadh sé, sí | dá sreangaimis; dá sreangadh muid |
dá sreangadh sibh | dá sreangaidís; dá sreangadh siad |
— | dá sreangtaí | |
| imperative | sreangaim | sreang | sreangadh sé, sí | sreangaimis | sreangaigí; sreangaidh† |
sreangaidís | — | sreangtar | |
| verbal noun | sreangadh | ||||||||
| past participle | sreangtha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Alternative forms
- sreangaigh
Derived terms
- sreangadóir m (“stringer; puller, dragger”)
- sreangaire m (“tall thin person; dawdler”)
Mutation
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| sreang | shreang after an, tsreang |
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "sreang" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “sreng” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- sreing
- streang
Etymology
From Middle Irish sreng, from Old Norse strengr.
Noun
sreang f (genitive singular sreinge, plural sreangan)
- string, line, cord
- rope
- charm to prevent harm from an evil eye
- ridge
- the part of a hand fishing line held in the hand
- (in plural) fishing lines
Derived terms
Terms derived from sreang
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Verb
sreang
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “sreng” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.