stráice

See also: stràice

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English strake, from Old English *straca, from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠt̪ˠɾˠaːcə/

Noun

stráice m (genitive singular stráice, nominative plural stráicí)

  1. strip (long, thin piece of land or material)
  2. stretch (segment of a journey or route)
  3. (nautical) strake (continuous line of planks or plates in a vessel's hull)
  4. flamboyance

Declension

Declension of stráice (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stráice stráicí
vocative a stráice a stráicí
genitive stráice stráicí
dative stráice stráicí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stráice na stráicí
genitive an stráice na stráicí
dative leis an stráice
don stráice 		leis na stráicí

Derived terms

  • stráice ceangail (“binding-strake”)
  • stráice cosanta (“rubbing-strake”)
  • stráiciúil (“flamboyant”, adjective)

References

  1. ^ “stráice”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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