dreas
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲɾʲasˠ/
Verb
dreas (present analytic dreasann, future analytic dreasfaidh, verbal noun dreasadh, past participle dreasta)
- alternative form of dreasaigh (“to incite”)
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | dreasaim | dreasann tú; dreasair† |
dreasann sé, sí | dreasaimid; dreasann muid | dreasann sibh | dreasann siad; dreasaid† |
a dhreasann; a dhreasas | dreastar |
| past | dhreas mé; dhreasas | dhreas tú; dhreasais | dhreas sé, sí | dhreasamar; dhreas muid | dhreas sibh; dhreasabhair | dhreas siad; dhreasadar | a dhreas | dreasadh |
| past habitual | dhreasainn / dreasainn‡ |
dhreastá / dreastᇠ|
dhreasadh sé, sí / dreasadh sé, sí‡ |
dhreasaimis; dhreasadh muid / dreasaimis‡; dreasadh muid‡ |
dhreasadh sibh / dreasadh sibh‡ |
dhreasaidís; dhreasadh siad / dreasaidís‡; dreasadh siad‡ |
a dhreasadh | dhreastaí / dreastaí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | dreasfaidh mé; dreasfad |
dreasfaidh tú; dreasfair† |
dreasfaidh sé, sí | dreasfaimid; dreasfaidh muid |
dreasfaidh sibh | dreasfaidh siad; dreasfaid† |
a dhreasfaidh; a dhreasfas | dreasfar |
| conditional | dhreasfainn / dreasfainn‡ |
dhreasfá / dreasfᇠ|
dhreasfadh sé, sí / dreasfadh sé, sí‡ |
dhreasfaimis; dhreasfadh muid / dreasfaimis‡; dreasfadh muid‡ |
dhreasfadh sibh / dreasfadh sibh‡ |
dhreasfaidís; dhreasfadh siad / dreasfaidís‡; dreasfadh siad‡ |
a dhreasfadh | dhreasfaí / dreasfaí‡ |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| 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 | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | dreasaim | dreas | dreasadh sé, sí | dreasaimis | dreasaigí; dreasaidh† |
dreasaidís | — | dreastar |
| past participle | dreasta | |||||||
| verbal noun | dreasadh | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dreas | dhreas | ndreas |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dræ͜ɑːs/
- Rhymes: -ēas
Verb
drēas
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of drēosan
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
dreas f (genitive singular drise, plural dreasan)
- alternative form of dris