dreas

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲasˠ/

Verb

dreas (present analytic dreasann, future analytic dreasfaidh, verbal noun dreasadh, past participle dreasta)

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

Conjugation

conjugation of dreas (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dreasaim	dreasann tú; dreasair†	dreasann sé, sí	dreasaimid	dreasann sibh	dreasann siad; dreasaid†	a dhreasann; a dhreasas / a ndreasann*; a ndreasas*	dreastar
	past	dhreas mé; dhreasas	dhreas tú; dhreasais	dhreas sé, sí	dhreasamar; dhreas muid	dhreas sibh; dhreasabhair	dhreas siad; dhreasadar	a dhreas / ar dhreas*	dreasadh
	past habitual	dhreasainn / ndreasainn‡‡	dhreastá / ndreastᇇ	dhreasadh sé, sí / ndreasadh sé, s퇇	dhreasaimis; dhreasadh muid / ndreasaimis‡‡; ndreasadh muid‡‡	dhreasadh sibh / ndreasadh sibh‡‡	dhreasaidís; dhreasadh siad / ndreasaidís‡‡; ndreasadh siad‡‡	a dhreasadh / a ndreasadh*	dhreastaí / ndreasta퇇
future		dreasfaidh mé; dreasfad	dreasfaidh tú; dreasfair†	dreasfaidh sé, sí	dreasfaimid; dreasfaidh muid	dreasfaidh sibh	dreasfaidh siad; dreasfaid†	a dhreasfaidh; a dhreasfas / a ndreasfaidh*; a ndreasfas*	dreasfar
conditional		dhreasfainn / ndreasfainn‡‡	dhreasfá / ndreasfᇇ	dhreasfadh sé, sí / ndreasfadh sé, s퇇	dhreasfaimis; dhreasfadh muid / ndreasfaimis‡‡; ndreasfadh muid‡‡	dhreasfadh sibh / ndreasfadh sibh‡‡	dhreasfaidís; dhreasfadh siad / ndreasfaidís‡‡; ndreasfadh siad‡‡	a dhreasfadh / a ndreasfadh*	dhreasfaí / ndreasfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndreasa mé; go ndreasad†	go ndreasa tú; go ndreasair†	go ndreasa sé, sí	go ndreasaimid; go ndreasa muid	go ndreasa sibh	go ndreasa siad; go ndreasaid†	—	go ndreastar
	past	dá ndreasainn	dá ndreastá	dá ndreasadh sé, sí	dá ndreasaimis; dá ndreasadh muid	dá ndreasadh sibh	dá ndreasaidís; dá ndreasadh siad	—	dá ndreastaí
imperative		dreasaim	dreas	dreasadh sé, sí	dreasaimis	dreasaigí; dreasaidh†	dreasaidís	—	dreastar
verbal noun		dreasadh
past participle		dreasta

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dreas	dhreas	ndreas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

dreas f (genitive singular drise, plural dreasan)

1. Alternative form of dris