strailleán

strailleán

Irish

Etymology

straille (“mat; mop; untidy person or thing”) +‎ -án

Noun

strailleán m (genitive singular strailleáin, nominative plural strailleáin)

1. mop
2. untidy person or thing

Declension

Declension of strailleán

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative strailleán strailleáin Vocative a strailleán a strailleáin Genitive strailleán strailleáin Dative strailleán strailleáin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an strailleán na strailleáin Genitive an strailleán na strailleáin Dative leis an strailleán don strailleán leis na strailleáin

Synonyms

• mapa (“mop”)

Related terms

• strailleog (“untidy woman”)

References

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