tarraing
Irish
Alternative forms
- tairng (superseded)
- tairg, tairrig (Munster)
Pronunciation
- (Munster) see: tairrig
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑɾˠənʲ/, /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠən̠ʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠn̠ʲ/
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.
Verb
tarraing (present analytic tarraingíonn, future analytic tarraingeoidh, verbal noun tarraingt, past participle tarraingthe) (ambitransitive)
- pull, draw, drag
- Tharraing sé anál.
- He drew breath.
- haul (in or on conveyance)
- suck
- attract
- bring on
- proceed
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | tarraingím | tarraingíonn tú; tarraingír† |
tarraingíonn sé, sí | tarraingímid; tarraingíonn muid |
tarraingíonn sibh | tarraingíonn siad; tarraingíd† |
a tharraingíonn; a tharraingíos | tarraingítear |
| past | tharraing mé; tharraingíos | tharraing tú; tharraingís | tharraing sé, sí | tharraingíomar; tharraing muid | tharraing sibh; tharraingíobhair | tharraing siad; tharraingíodar | a tharraing | tarraingíodh |
| past habitual | tharraingínn / tarraingínn‡ |
tharraingíteá / tarraingíteᇠ|
tharraingíodh sé, sí / tarraingíodh sé, sí‡ |
tharraingímis; tharraingíodh muid / tarraingímis‡; tarraingíodh muid‡ |
tharraingíodh sibh / tarraingíodh sibh‡ |
tharraingídís; tharraingíodh / tarraingídís‡; tarraingíodh siad‡ |
a tharraingíodh | tharraingítí / tarraingítí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | tarraingeoidh mé; tarraingeod; tarraingeochaidh mé† |
tarraingeoidh tú; tarraingeoir†; tarraingeochaidh tú† |
tarraingeoidh sé, sí; tarraingeochaidh sé, sí† |
tarraingeoimid; tarraingeoidh muid; tarraingeochaimid†; tarraingeochaidh muid† |
tarraingeoidh sibh; tarraingeochaidh sibh† |
tarraingeoidh siad; tarraingeoid†; tarraingeochaidh siad† |
a tharraingeoidh; a tharraingeos; a tharraingeochaidh†; a tharraingeochas† | tarraingeofar; tarraingeochar† |
| conditional | tharraingeoinn; tharraingeochainn† / tarraingeoinn‡; tarraingeochainn†‡ |
tharraingeofá; tharraingeochthᆠ/ tarraingeofá‡; tarraingeochthᆇ |
tharraingeodh sé, sí; tharraingeochadh sé, sí† / tarraingeodh sé, sí‡; tarraingeochadh sé, s톇 |
tharraingeoimis; tharraingeodh muid; tharraingeochaimis†; tharraingeochadh muid† / tarraingeoimis‡; tarraingeodh muid‡; tarraingeochaimis†‡; tarraingeochadh muid†‡ |
tharraingeodh sibh; tharraingeochadh sibh† / tarraingeodh sibh‡; tarraingeochadh sibh†‡ |
tharraingeoidís; tharraingeodh siad; tharraingeochaidís†; tharraingeochadh siad† / tarraingeoidís‡; tarraingeodh siad‡; tarraingeochaidís†‡; tarraingeochadh siad†‡ |
a tharraingeodh; a tharraingeochadh† | tharraingeofaí; tharraingeochthaí† / tarraingeofaí‡; tarraingeochtha톇 |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | go dtarraingí mé; go dtarraingíod† |
go dtarraingí tú; go dtarraingír† |
go dtarraingí sé, sí | go dtarraingímid; go dtarraingí muid |
go dtarraingí sibh | go dtarraingí siad; go dtarraingíd† |
— | go dtarraingítear |
| past | dá dtarraingínn | dá dtarraingíteá | dá dtarraingíodh sé, sí | dá dtarraingímis; dá dtarraingíodh muid |
dá dtarraingíodh sibh | dá dtarraingídís; dá dtarraingíodh siad |
— | dá dtarraingítí |
| imperative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | tarraingím | tarraing | tarraingíodh sé, sí | tarraingímis | tarraingígí; tarraingídh† |
tarraingídís | — | tarraingítear |
| past participle | tarraingthe | |||||||
| verbal noun | tarraingt | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Derived terms
- aistarraing (“withdraw”, verb)
- imtharraing (“attract, interattract; gravitate”, verb)
- tarraing chuig (“take up; get hold of”, verb)
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish tarraing.
Noun
tarraing f (genitive singular tarraingthe, nominative plural tarraingtí)
- (nonstandard) alternative form of tarraingt
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| tarraing | tharraing | dtarraing |
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), “tarraing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·srenga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.
Pronunciation
Verb
tarraing (past tharraing, future tàirnidh, verbal noun tarraing, past participle tarraingte)
- draw, pull, drag, heave
- draw (breath, beer, etc.)
- draw (picture)
- attract (person, magnet, etc.)
- distil (spirits)
- extract
- infuse, steep (tea, etc.)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
tarraing f (genitive singular tarrainge or tàirgne, plural tarraingean or tàirgnean)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| tarraing | tharraing |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902), “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 232
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “tarraing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·srenga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language