spreag
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish sprecaid (“reproves, rebukes; wakes, rouses, urges”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠpʲɾʲaɡ/
Verb
spreag (present analytic spreagann, future analytic spreagfaidh, verbal noun spreagadh, past participle spreagtha)
Conjugation
conjugation of spreag (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun | spreagadh | |||||||
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past participle | spreagtha | |||||||
tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
indicative | ||||||||
present | spreagaim | spreagann tú; spreagair† |
spreagann sé, sí | spreagaimid | spreagann sibh | spreagann siad; spreagaid† |
a spreagann; a spreagas | spreagtar |
past | spreag mé; spreagas | spreag tú; spreagais | spreag sé, sí | spreagamar; spreag muid | spreag sibh; spreagabhair | spreag siad; spreagadar | a spreag / ar spreag* |
spreagadh |
past habitual | spreagainn | spreagtá | spreagadh sé, sí | spreagaimis; spreagadh muid | spreagadh sibh | spreagaidís; spreagadh siad | a spreagadh / a spreagadh* |
spreagtaí |
future | spreagfaidh mé; spreagfad |
spreagfaidh tú; spreagfair† |
spreagfaidh sé, sí | spreagfaimid; spreagfaidh muid |
spreagfaidh sibh | spreagfaidh siad; spreagfaid† |
a spreagfaidh; a spreagfas | spreagfar |
conditional | spreagfainn | spreagfá | spreagfadh sé, sí | spreagfaimis; spreagfadh muid | spreagfadh sibh | spreagfaidís; spreagfadh siad | a spreagfadh / a spreagfadh* |
spreagfaí |
subjunctive | ||||||||
present | go spreaga mé; go spreagad† |
go spreaga tú; go spreagair† |
go spreaga sé, sí | go spreagaimid; go spreaga muid |
go spreaga sibh | go spreaga siad; go spreagaid† |
— | go spreagtar |
past | dá spreagainn | dá spreagtá | dá spreagadh sé, sí | dá spreagaimis; dá spreagadh muid |
dá spreagadh sibh | dá spreagaidís; dá spreagadh siad |
— | dá spreagtaí |
imperative | ||||||||
– | spreagaim | spreag | spreagadh sé, sí | spreagaimis | spreagaigí; spreagaidh† |
spreagaidís | — | spreagtar |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Synonyms
- (reprove): ceartaigh
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spreag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sprecaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language