prioc

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikōną, *prikjaną (“to pierce, prick”). Cognate with English prick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲɾʲʊk/

Verb

prioc (present analytic priocann, future analytic priocfaidh, verbal noun priocadh, past participle prioctha)

1. to prod, jab
2. to sting
3. to goad (someone to do something)
   • 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”:

     Do phrioc sé an cailín seo chun na h-oibre a dheunamh.

     He goaded this girl to do the work.

Conjugation

conjugation of prioc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	priocaim	priocann tú; priocair†	priocann sé, sí	priocaimid	priocann sibh	priocann siad; priocaid†	a phriocann; a phriocas / a bpriocann*; a bpriocas*	prioctar
	past	phrioc mé; phriocas	phrioc tú; phriocais	phrioc sé, sí	phriocamar; phrioc muid	phrioc sibh; phriocabhair	phrioc siad; phriocadar	a phrioc / ar phrioc*	priocadh
	past habitual	phriocainn / bpriocainn‡‡	phrioctá / bprioctᇇ	phriocadh sé, sí / bpriocadh sé, s퇇	phriocaimis; phriocadh muid / bpriocaimis‡‡; bpriocadh muid‡‡	phriocadh sibh / bpriocadh sibh‡‡	phriocaidís; phriocadh siad / bpriocaidís‡‡; bpriocadh siad‡‡	a phriocadh / a bpriocadh*	phrioctaí / bpriocta퇇
future		priocfaidh mé; priocfad	priocfaidh tú; priocfair†	priocfaidh sé, sí	priocfaimid; priocfaidh muid	priocfaidh sibh	priocfaidh siad; priocfaid†	a phriocfaidh; a phriocfas / a bpriocfaidh*; a bpriocfas*	priocfar
conditional		phriocfainn / bpriocfainn‡‡	phriocfá / bpriocfᇇ	phriocfadh sé, sí / bpriocfadh sé, s퇇	phriocfaimis; phriocfadh muid / bpriocfaimis‡‡; bpriocfadh muid‡‡	phriocfadh sibh / bpriocfadh sibh‡‡	phriocfaidís; phriocfadh siad / bpriocfaidís‡‡; bpriocfadh siad‡‡	a phriocfadh / a bpriocfadh*	phriocfaí / bpriocfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go bprioca mé; go bpriocad†	go bprioca tú; go bpriocair†	go bprioca sé, sí	go bpriocaimid; go bprioca muid	go bprioca sibh	go bprioca siad; go bpriocaid†	—	go bprioctar
	past	dá bpriocainn	dá bprioctá	dá bpriocadh sé, sí	dá bpriocaimis; dá bpriocadh muid	dá bpriocadh sibh	dá bpriocaidís; dá bpriocadh siad	—	dá bprioctaí
imperative		priocaim	prioc	priocadh sé, sí	priocaimis	priocaigí; priocaidh†	priocaidís	—	prioctar
verbal noun		priocadh
past participle		prioctha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
prioc	phrioc	bprioc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pricaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “priocaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 552
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prioc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “prioc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “prioc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “prioc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy