scréach
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish scréch (“cry, shout, scream”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgreuch).
Noun[edit]
scréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of scréach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish scréchaid (“cries, screams, screeches”, verb), from scréch.
Verb[edit]
scréach (present analytic scréachann, future analytic scréachfaidh, verbal noun scréachach, past participle scréachta)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of scréach (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms[edit]
- scréachach (“screeching, shrieking”, adjective)
- scréachaire m (“screecher”)
- scréachán m (“screeching child; shrike”)
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scréach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language