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)

stringed; stringy
(of eyes) bloodshot

Declension

Declension of sreangach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	sreangach	shreangach	sreangacha; shreangacha²
Vocative	shreangaigh	shreangach	sreangacha
Genitive	shreangaigh	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sreangach	shreangach after an, tsreangach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"sreangach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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