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scréach
scréach
Irish
Noun
scréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)
Declension
Declension of scréach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- scréachóg f (“jay”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish scréchaid (“cries, screams, screeches”, verb), from scréch.
Verb
scréach (present analytic scréachann, future analytic scréachfaidh, verbal noun scréachach, past participle scréachta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | scréachaim | scréachann tú; scréachair† |
scréachann sé, sí | scréachaimid | scréachann sibh | scréachann siad; scréachaid† |
a scréachann; a scréachas / a scréachann*; a scréachas* |
scréachtar |
| past | scréach mé; scréachas | scréach tú; scréachais | scréach sé, sí | scréachamar; scréach muid | scréach sibh; scréachabhair | scréach siad; scréachadar | a scréach / ar scréach* |
scréachadh | |
| past habitual | scréachainn | scréachtá | scréachadh sé, sí | scréachaimis; scréachadh muid | scréachadh sibh | scréachaidís; scréachadh siad | a scréachadh / ar scréachadh* |
scréachtaí | |
| future | scréachfaidh mé; scréachfad |
scréachfaidh tú; scréachfair† |
scréachfaidh sé, sí | scréachfaimid; scréachfaidh muid |
scréachfaidh sibh | scréachfaidh siad; scréachfaid† |
a scréachfaidh; a scréachfas / a scréachfaidh*; a scréachfas* |
scréachfar | |
| conditional | scréachfainn | scréachfá | scréachfadh sé, sí | scréachfaimis; scréachfadh muid | scréachfadh sibh | scréachfaidís; scréachfadh siad | a scréachfadh / ar scréachfadh* |
scréachfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go scréacha mé; go scréachad† |
go scréacha tú; go scréachair† |
go scréacha sé, sí | go scréachaimid; go scréacha muid |
go scréacha sibh | go scréacha siad; go scréachaid† |
— | go scréachtar |
| past | dá scréachainn | dá scréachtá | dá scréachadh sé, sí | dá scréachaimis; dá scréachadh muid |
dá scréachadh sibh | dá scréachaidís; dá scréachadh siad |
— | dá scréachtaí | |
| imperative | scréachaim | scréach | scréachadh sé, sí | scréachaimis | scréachaigí; scréachaidh† |
scréachaidís | — | scréachtar | |
| verbal noun | scréachach | ||||||||
| past participle | scréachta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Derived terms
- scréachach (“screeching, shrieking”, adjective)
- scréachaire m (“screecher”)
- scréachán m (“screeching child; shrike”)
References
- "scréach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “scréch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “scréchaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.