scréach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃcɾʲeːx/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish scréch (cry, shout, scream) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgreuch).

Noun

scréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)

  1. screech, (harsh) scream, shriek
Declension
Declension of scréach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scréach scréacha
vocative a scréach a scréacha
genitive scréiche scréach
dative scréach
scréich (archaic, dialectal)
scréacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scréach na scréacha
genitive na scréiche na scréach
dative leis an scréach
leis an scréich (archaic, dialectal)
don scréach
don scréich (archaic, dialectal)
leis na scréacha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish scréchaid (cries, screams, screeches, verb), from scréch.

Verb

scréach (present analytic scréachann, future analytic scréachfaidh, verbal noun scréachach, past participle scréachta)

  1. (intransitive) screech, shriek
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • scréachach (screeching, shrieking, adjective)
  • scréachaire m (screecher)
  • scréachán m (screeching child; shrike)

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