| Title: | Celt Notefile |
| Moderator: | TALLIS::DARCY |
| Created: | Wed Feb 19 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1632 |
| Total number of notes: | 20523 |
Hey George,
What happened to you're CELT index? I was going to post this under
Irish language :^)
*** Can anyone tell me the meaning of the word Sragh?
It was seen as the name of a boat.
/Jen
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| 1083.1 | maybe, maybe not | SIOG::HANLON | Mon Jun 29 1992 08:07 | 6 | |
It could be a derivative of Sraid, meaning Street. Sragh is probably
pronounced Sraw, and Sraid is pronounced Srawid.
Then again, maybe not!
... Tony.
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| 1083.2 | Sragh = Sraith | MACNAS::TJOYCE | Tue Jun 30 1992 06:05 | 11 | |
"Sragh" could be another version of the Irish "sraith" meaning
a swamp, muddy place or even a piece of land beside a river.
Recess in Connemara in known in Irish as "Salach Sraith", or
"Mucky Riverside Place".
That's the closest I can get to "Sragh".
Toby
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| 1083.3 | I'm changing sides | SIOG::HANLON | Tue Jun 30 1992 12:44 | 6 | |
As the proposer of .1, I'll have to abandon. Toby's suggestion sounds
much better. I've called in my resident expert as Gaeilge and she
reliably informs me that sraith is a piece or part, as in part of a
line. There is also an Irish word Sruth, which is a stream. All of this
ties in pretty well with .2.
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