sraoill

Irish

Alternative forms

  • straoill

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

sraoill m (genitive singular sraoille, nominative plural sraoilleanna)

  1. ragged person; bedraggled person; sloven, slattern
  2. trail

Declension

Declension of sraoill (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sraoill sraoilleanna
vocative a shraoill a shraoilleanna
genitive sraoille sraoilleanna
dative sraoill sraoilleanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsraoill na sraoilleanna
genitive na sraoille na sraoilleanna
dative leis an tsraoill
don tsraoill
leis na sraoilleanna

Descendants

  • English: streel
  • Yola: streel

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 sraoill”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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