strig

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Origin obscure.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

strig (plural strigs)

  1. (botany) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.
  2. The tang of a sword-blade.
  3. (UK dialectal) The string of a button.

Verb[edit]

strig (third-person singular simple present strigs, present participle strigging, simple past and past participle strigged)

  1. To strip the pedical from a plant.

Anagrams[edit]

Megleno-Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *strigō, from Latin strix. Compare (Daco-)Romanian striga, strig.

Verb[edit]

strig

  1. I yell.

Romagnol[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈstɾiːɡ]

Noun[edit]

strig f pl

  1. plural of striga

References[edit]

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 630

Romanian[edit]

Verb[edit]

strig

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of striga