dreas
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲɾʲasˠ/
Verb
dreas (present analytic dreasann, future analytic dreasfaidh, verbal noun dreasadh, past participle dreasta)
- alternative form of dreasaigh (“to incite”)
Conjugation
conjugation of dreas (first conjugation – A)
| verbal noun | dreasadh | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | dreasta | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | dreasaim | dreasann tú; dreasair† |
dreasann sé, sí | dreasaimid | dreasann sibh | dreasann siad; dreasaid† |
a dhreasann; a dhreasas / a ndreasann* |
dreastar |
| past | dhreas mé; dhreasas | dhreas tú; dhreasais | dhreas sé, sí | dhreasamar; dhreas muid | dhreas sibh; dhreasabhair | dhreas siad; dhreasadar | a dhreas / ar dhreas* |
dreasadh |
| past habitual | dhreasainn / ndreasainn‡‡ | dhreastá / ndreastᇇ | dhreasadh sé, sí / ndreasadh sé, s퇇 | dhreasaimis; dhreasadh muid / ndreasaimis‡‡; ndreasadh muid‡‡ | dhreasadh sibh / ndreasadh sibh‡‡ | dhreasaidís; dhreasadh siad / ndreasaidís‡‡; ndreasadh siad‡‡ | a dhreasadh / a ndreasadh* |
dhreastaí / ndreasta퇇 |
| future | dreasfaidh mé; dreasfad |
dreasfaidh tú; dreasfair† |
dreasfaidh sé, sí | dreasfaimid; dreasfaidh muid |
dreasfaidh sibh | dreasfaidh siad; dreasfaid† |
a dhreasfaidh; a dhreasfas / a ndreasfaidh* |
dreasfar |
| conditional | dhreasfainn / ndreasfainn‡‡ | dhreasfá / ndreasfᇇ | dhreasfadh sé, sí / ndreasfadh sé, s퇇 | dhreasfaimis; dhreasfadh muid / ndreasfaimis‡‡; ndreasfadh muid‡‡ | dhreasfadh sibh / ndreasfadh sibh‡‡ | dhreasfaidís; dhreasfadh siad / ndreasfaidís‡‡; ndreasfadh siad‡‡ | a dhreasfadh / a ndreasfadh* |
dhreasfaí / ndreasfa퇇 |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| present | go ndreasa mé; go ndreasad† |
go ndreasa tú; go ndreasair† |
go ndreasa sé, sí | go ndreasaimid; go ndreasa muid |
go ndreasa sibh | go ndreasa siad; go ndreasaid† |
— | go ndreastar |
| past | dá ndreasainn | dá ndreastá | dá ndreasadh sé, sí | dá ndreasaimis; dá ndreasadh muid |
dá ndreasadh sibh | dá ndreasaidís; dá ndreasadh siad |
— | dá ndreastaí |
| imperative | ||||||||
| – | dreasaim | dreas | dreasadh sé, sí | dreasaimis | dreasaigí; dreasaidh† |
dreasaidís | — | dreastar |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dreas | dhreas | ndreas |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dræ͜ɑːs/
Verb
drēas
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of drēosan
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
dreas f (genitive singular drise, plural dreasan)
- alternative form of dris