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. bloodshot (of eyes)

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)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreangach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sreangach	shreangach after an, tsreangach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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