EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
strainséir, m. (gs. -éara, pl. ~í). Stranger. I measc na ~í, among strangers, in a strange country. Tá mé i mo ~ anseo, I am a stranger here, I don’t know my way about. Tá tú i do ~ anseo anois, it is a long time since you were here last. Is tú an ~! You are quite a stranger! Ná bí i do ~, don’t feel strange, make yourself at home. Tá ~í chugainn inniu, we have visitors coming today. (Var: straindéir, stráinséir)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá tú i do strainséir ~ agam, you are a complete stranger to me.
Cé hiad na strainséirí a bhí leat? Who are the strangers you had with you?
Tá mé mar a bheadh strainséir ~ ina measc, I am like a black stranger among them.
~ le strainséirí, shy of strangers.
Strainséirí ag neadú san áit, strangers settling in the place.