sreangach

Irish

Etymology

From sreang (“string; wire, cord”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sreangach (genitive singular masculine sreangaigh, genitive singular feminine sreangaí, plural sreangacha, comparative sreangaí)

1. stringed; stringy
2. (of eyes) bloodshot

Declension

Declension of sreangach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sreangach	shreangach	sreangacha; shreangacha²
Vocative	shreangaigh		sreangacha
Genitive		sreangaí	sreangacha	sreangach
Dative	sreangach; shreangach¹	shreangach; shreangaigh (archaic)	sreangacha; shreangacha²
Comparative	níos sreangaí
Superlative	is sreangaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• sreangshúil f (“bloodshot eye”)
• sreangshúileach (“having bloodshot eyes”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN