scraiste

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Irish

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Pronunciation

Noun

scraiste m (genitive singular scraiste, nominative plural scraistí)

  1. loafer, sluggard (idle person)

Declension

Declension of scraiste (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative scraiste scraistí
vocative a scraiste a scraistí
genitive scraiste scraistí
dative scraiste scraistí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an scraiste na scraistí
genitive an scraiste na scraistí
dative leis an scraiste
don scraiste 		leis na scraistí

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References

  1. ^ “scraiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 216, page 111

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