srath

• IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɾa/

From Old Irish srath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”). Probably influenced in meaning by a Brythonic/Pictish cognate, compare Welsh ystrad (“river valley”).

srath m (genitive singular sratha, plural srathan)

1. river valley
2. low-lying or flat part of a valley district or farm
3. any low-lying country along a river, strath
4. meadow
5. the low, inhabited part of a country, in contrast to its hilly ground
6. dell
7. (rare) marshy ground
8. plain beside a river

• srathan
• Srath Chluaidh

• → English: strath

srath m (genitive singular sraith, plural srathan)

1. tax, fine, amercement