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tarraing

tarraing

Irish

Verb

tarraing (present analytic tarraingíonn, future analytic tarraingeoidh, verbal noun tarraingt, past participle tarraingthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) pull, draw, drag
    Tharraing sé anál. ― He drew breath.
  2. haul (in or on conveyance)
  3. (fishing, of nets) draw
  4. (rowing) pull (an oar)
  5. (banking, of a bill, a cheque) draw
  6. cause draught
  7. allow to come through
  8. suck
  9. attract
  10. trace, delineate
  11. bring about, cause, induce
  12. (nautical, of a ship) draw (water)
  13. proceed
  14. move towards
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

tarraing f

  1. (nonstandard) verbal noun of tarraing

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tarraing tharraing dtarraing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.

Verb

tarraing (past tharraing, future tarraingidh, verbal noun tarraing, past participle tarraingte)

  1. draw, pull
  2. draw (breath, beer, etc.)
  3. draw (picture)
  4. attract (person, magnet, etc.)
  5. distil (spirits)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

tarraing f (genitive singular tarrainge or tàirgne, plural tarraingean or tàirgnean)

  1. verbal noun of tarraing
  2. drawing, pulling
  3. draught, gulp

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • do·srenga” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.