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)
- (transitive) attain, achieve
- Synonym: bain amach
- duine a shroicheann aois áirithe ― a person who attains a certain age
- (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
| 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 / sroichteᇠ|
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 / sroichfeᇠ|
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 | dá sroichinn | dá sroichteá | dá sroicheadh sé, sí | dá sroichimis; dá sroicheadh muid |
dá sroicheadh sibh | dá sroichidís; dá sroicheadh siad |
— | dá 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
| 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
- ^ “sroich”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ro·saig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·roich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “sroiċim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 688
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sroich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN