gread
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gread (present analytic greadann, future analytic greadfaidh, verbal noun greadadh, past participle greadta)
- to beat, strike, hammer, pommel, smash, wallop
- to trounce, thrash, drub
- to buffet, batter
- to lash (also of rain etc.)
- to whip (also of rain etc.)
- Bhí an fhearthainn ag greadadh m'aghaidhe.
- The rain was whipping my face.
- to thump, bump
- to stamp (strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of gread (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
[edit]- gread leat (“to buzz off, scoot”)
- gread na mása ag (“spank”)
- greadán
- greadfach
- greadlach
- greadloscadh
- greadóg
- greadtine
- greadtóir
- greadtóir
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gread | ghread | ngread |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gredaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “greadaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 381
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gread”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN