sroich

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

A conflation of the older forms soich (from Middle Irish ro·saich, from Old Irish ro·saig[2]) and roich (from Old Irish do·roich,[3] itself from to- + ro·saig).

Verb

sroich (present analytic sroicheann, future analytic sroichfidh, verbal noun sroicheadh, past participle sroichte)

  1. (transitive) attain, achieve
    Synonym: bain amach
    duine a shroicheann aois áirithea person who attains a certain age
  2. (ambitransitive) reach [with ar ‘for’], arrive (at), come to, get to (reach, arrive at)
    Synonym: righ
    Shroich siad an port.
    They reached the port.
    Shroich mé an baile.
    I arrived home.
    Cas ar dheis nuair a shroichfidh tú an stáisiún peitril.
    Turn right when you come to the petrol station.
    Ar shroich do mhac an scoil in am?
    Did your son get to school in time?

Declension

Conjugation of sroich (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present sroichim sroicheann tú;
sroichir
sroicheann sé, sí sroichimid; sroicheann muid sroicheann sibh sroicheann siad;
sroichid
a shroicheann; a shroicheas sroichtear
past shroich mé; shroicheas shroich tú; shroichis shroich sé, sí shroicheamar; shroich muid shroich sibh; shroicheabhair shroich siad; shroicheadar a shroich sroicheadh
past habitual shroichinn /
sroichinn
shroichteá /
sroichteá
shroicheadh sé, sí /
sroicheadh sé, sí
shroichimis; shroicheadh muid /
sroichimis; sroicheadh muid
shroicheadh sibh /
sroicheadh sibh
shroichidís; shroicheadh siad /
sroichidís; sroicheadh siad
a shroicheadh shroichtí /
sroichtí
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future sroichfidh mé;
sroichfead
sroichfidh tú;
sroichfir
sroichfidh sé, sí sroichfimid;
sroichfidh muid
sroichfidh sibh sroichfidh siad;
sroichfid
a shroichfidh; a shroichfeas sroichfear
conditional shroichfinn /
sroichfinn
shroichfeá /
sroichfeá
shroichfeadh sé, sí /
sroichfeadh sé, sí
shroichfimis; shroichfeadh muid /
sroichfimis; sroichfeadh muid
shroichfeadh sibh /
sroichfeadh sibh
shroichfidís; shroichfeadh siad /
sroichfidís; sroichfeadh siad
a shroichfeadh shroichfí /
sroichfí
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go sroiche mé;
go sroichead
go sroiche tú;
go sroichir
go sroiche sé, sí go sroichimid;
go sroiche muid
go sroiche sibh go sroiche siad;
go sroichid
go sroichtear
past sroichinn sroichteá sroicheadh sé, sí sroichimis;
sroicheadh muid
sroicheadh sibh sroichidís;
sroicheadh siad
sroichtí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
sroichim sroich sroicheadh sé, sí sroichimis sroichigí;
sroichidh
sroichidís sroichtear
past participle sroichte
verbal noun sroicheadh

archaic or dialect form
dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of sroich
radical lenition eclipsis
sroich shroich
after an, tsroich
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ sroich”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ro·saig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·roich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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