sraith
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sreth, verbal noun of sernid (“arrays, disposes, ranges, orders”).
Noun
sraith f (genitive singular sraithe, nominative plural sraitheanna)
- swath; spread, spreading-ground
- layer, ply, stratum, course (of bricks)
- row, rank, line, series
- (poker) straight
- (music) progression
- (music) cycle
- Synonym: ciogal
- imposition, rate, tax
Declension
Declension of sraith
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bunsraith f (“bottom layer, foundation; substratum”)
- foshraith f (“substratum, substrate”)
- sraithadhmad m (“plywood”)
- sraithchíste m (“layer-cake”)
- sraithchlár m (“serial”)
- sraithchluiche m (“league match”)
- sraithchomórtas m (“league”)
- sraithfhabht m (“throw”)
- sraithiris f (“serial publication”)
- sraithnasc m (“series connection”)
- sraithradharc m (“vista”)
- sraithrannaigh (“ordinate; sort out, assort”, transitive verb)
- sraithrannú m (“ordination”)
- sraithuimhir f (“serial number”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sraith | shraith after an, tsraith |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sraith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sraith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sraith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
sraith m
- (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of srath (“tax, fine, amercement”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| sraith | shraith after "an", t-sraith |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |