strainséir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from Latin extrāneus (“foreign, external”); adapted to the suffix -éir.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster)
    • (Waterford) IPA(key): /sˠt̪ˠɾˠaunʲˈʃeːɾˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form strainséar)
    • (Kerry) IPA(key): /sˠt̪ˠɾˠoːnʲˈʃeːɾʲ/[3][4] ~ /sˠt̪ˠɾˠuːnʲˈʃeːɾʲ/[4] (corresponding to the form stróinséir)
  • (Connacht)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (South Donegal) /ˈsˠt̪ˠɾˠan̠ʲʃaɾʲ/[9], (North Donegal) /ˈsˠt̪ˠɾˠain̠ʲʃɛɾˠ/[10]

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
singular plural
nominative strainséir strainséirí
vocative a strainséir a strainséirí
genitive strainséara strainséirí
dative strainséir strainséirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an strainséir na strainséirí
genitive an strainséara na strainséirí
dative leis an strainséir
don strainséir 		leis na strainséirí

References

References
  1. ^ “strainséir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 98, line 98
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, pages 57–68
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 244, page 114
  5. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, § 456, page 178
  6. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 257, page 50
  7. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 522, page 189
  8. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 997, page 111
  9. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194
  10. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 328

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