scréach

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃcɾʲeːx/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish scréch (“cry, shout, scream”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgreuch).

Noun

scréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)

screech, (harsh) scream, shriek

Declension

Declension of scréach (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	scréach	scréacha
vocative	a scréach	a scréacha
genitive	scréiche	scréach
dative	scréach scréich (archaic, dialectal)	scréacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an scréach	na scréacha
genitive	na scréiche	na scréach
dative	leis an scréach leis an scréich (archaic, dialectal) don scréach don scréich (archaic, dialectal)	leis na scréacha

Derived terms

scréachóg f (“jay”)
scréachán m (“shrike”)

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)

(intransitive) screech, shriek

Conjugation

Conjugation of *scréach* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	scréachaim	scréachann tú; scréachair^†	scréachann sé, sí	scréachaimid; scréachann muid	scréachann sibh	scréachann siad; scréachaid^†	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	scréachadh
past habitual	scréachainn	scréachtá	scréachadh sé, sí	scréachaimis; scréachadh muid	scréachadh sibh	scréachaidís; scréachadh siad	a scréachadh	scréachtaí

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	scréachfaidh mé; scréachfad	scréachfaidh tú; scréachfair^†	scréachfaidh sé, sí	scréachfaimid; scréachfaidh muid	scréachfaidh sibh	scréachfaidh siad; scréachfaid^†	a scréachfaidh; a scréachfas	scréachfar
conditional	scréachfainn	scréachfá	scréachfadh sé, sí	scréachfaimis; scréachfadh muid	scréachfadh sibh	scréachfaidís; scréachfadh siad	a scréachfadh	scréachfaí

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	scréachaim	scréach	scréachadh sé, sí	scréachaimis	scréachaigí; scréachaidh^†	scréachaidís	—	scréachtar

past participle	scréachta

verbal noun	scréachach

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

scréachach (“screeching, shrieking”, adjective)
scréachaire m (“screecher”)
scréachán m (“screeching child; shrike”)

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scréach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language