dreasaigh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish dreisid, which may be a back-formation from the s-future or s-subjunctive of Old Irish at·reig (“to rise”) or dringid (“to rise, advance”).
Verb
editdreasaigh (present analytic dreasaíonn, future analytic dreasóidh, verbal noun dreasú, past participle dreasaithe)
- to incite
- to drive away (force someone to leave)
- Synonym: ruaig
- to drive (impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force)
- Synonym: bagair
Conjugation
editconjugation of dreasaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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dreasaigh | dhreasaigh | ndreasaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- “dreasaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “18624”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dreasuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 260
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreasaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN