striapach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • stríopach
  • sdriapach, sdríopach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish strípach, stríapach, based on Latin stuprum.[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic strìopach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠtʲɾʲiː(ə)pˠəx/, /ˈʃtʲɾʲiː(ə)pˠəx/[3]

Noun

striapach f (genitive singular striapaí, nominative plural striapacha)

  1. prostitute
    Synonyms: bean choiteann, bean sráide, meirdreach
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) whore
    Synonym: meirdreach

Declension

Declension of striapach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative striapach striapacha
vocative a striapach a striapacha
genitive striapaí striapach
dative striapach
striapaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		striapacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an striapach na striapacha
genitive na striapaí na striapach
dative leis an striapach
leis an striapaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don striapach
don striapaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na striapacha

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “striapach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “strípach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 216, page 111

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