(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)
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[ˈstriːks]
Etimologia (Inglese)
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.