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(Engels)

(declension-3) a kind of owl, probably the screech-owl (considered a bird of ill omen)
(broadly, declension-3) a kind of owl, probably the screech-owl (considered a bird of ill omen)

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈstriːks]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”), which also gave strī̆ga (“evil spirit, nightmare; vampire; witch”), itself likely of onomatopoeic origin and related to Latin strīdō (“to screech”). Compare typologically Russian карга́ (kargá), also considered borrowed, akin to Turkish karga.