greas

See also: gréas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gress.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟɾʲasˠ/

Noun

greas f (genitive singular greise, nominative plural greasa)

  1. amount of anything done at a time
  2. spell (indefinite period of time)
  3. (literary) attack, onset
  4. (literary) injury

Declension

Declension of greas (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative greas greasa
vocative a ghreas a ghreasa
genitive greise greas
dative greas
greis (archaic, dialectal) 		greasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghreas na greasa
genitive na greise na ngreas
dative leis an ngreas
leis an ngreis (archaic, dialectal)
don ghreas
don ghreis (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na greasa

Derived terms

Verb

greas (present analytic greasann, future analytic greasfaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greasta)

  1. alternative form of dreasaigh (“to incite”)

Conjugation

conjugation of greas (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun greasadh
past participle greasta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present greasaim greasann tú;
greasair† 		greasann sé, sí greasaimid greasann sibh greasann siad;
greasaid† 		a ghreasann; a ghreasas /
a ngreasann* 		greastar
past ghreas mé; ghreasas ghreas tú; ghreasais ghreas sé, sí ghreasamar; ghreas muid ghreas sibh; ghreasabhair ghreas siad; ghreasadar a ghreas /
ar ghreas* 		greasadh
past habitual ghreasainn / ngreasainn‡‡ ghreastá / ngreastᇇ ghreasadh sé, sí / ngreasadh sé, s퇇 ghreasaimis; ghreasadh muid / ngreasaimis‡‡; ngreasadh muid‡‡ ghreasadh sibh / ngreasadh sibh‡‡ ghreasaidís; ghreasadh siad / ngreasaidís‡‡; ngreasadh siad‡‡ a ghreasadh /
a ngreasadh* 		ghreastaí / ngreasta퇇
future greasfaidh mé;
greasfad 		greasfaidh tú;
greasfair† 		greasfaidh sé, sí greasfaimid;
greasfaidh muid 		greasfaidh sibh greasfaidh siad;
greasfaid† 		a ghreasfaidh; a ghreasfas /
a ngreasfaidh* 		greasfar
conditional ghreasfainn / ngreasfainn‡‡ ghreasfá / ngreasfᇇ ghreasfadh sé, sí / ngreasfadh sé, s퇇 ghreasfaimis; ghreasfadh muid / ngreasfaimis‡‡; ngreasfadh muid‡‡ ghreasfadh sibh / ngreasfadh sibh‡‡ ghreasfaidís; ghreasfadh siad / ngreasfaidís‡‡; ngreasfadh siad‡‡ a ghreasfadh /
a ngreasfadh* 		ghreasfaí / ngreasfa퇇
subjunctive
present go ngreasa mé;
go ngreasad† 		go ngreasa tú;
go ngreasair† 		go ngreasa sé, sí go ngreasaimid;
go ngreasa muid 		go ngreasa sibh go ngreasa siad;
go ngreasaid† 		— go ngreastar
past dá ngreasainn dá ngreastá dá ngreasadh sé, sí dá ngreasaimis;
dá ngreasadh muid 		dá ngreasadh sibh dá ngreasaidís;
dá ngreasadh siad 		— dá ngreastaí
imperative
– greasaim greas greasadh sé, sí greasaimis greasaigí;
greasaidh† 		greasaidís — greastar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of greas
radical lenition eclipsis
greas ghreas ngreas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡræ͜ɑːs/

Verb

grēas

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grēosan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gressaid, from Proto-Celtic *gred-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreydʰ-, see also Lithuanian gri̇̀dyti (“to go, to wander”), Old Irish in·greinn, do·greinn (“to persecute”).

Pronunciation

Verb

greas (past ghreas, future greasaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greaste)

  1. to hurry (+ air + object pronoun agreeing with the subject)
    Greas ort! ― Hurry up!

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “greas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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