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Irish
Etymology
From English strain, from the verb, from Middle English straynen, streinen, streynen, from Old French estreindre, from Latin stringō (“to draw tight together, to tie”).
Pronunciation
Noun
straidhn f (genitive singular straidhne)
- (engineering) strain (measure of object deformation)
- fit (sudden outburst of emotion)
- Synonym: taom
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Further reading
- “straidhn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “straḋain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 695
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “straidhn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14