tarraing

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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)

  1. pull, draw, drag
    Tharraing sé anál.
    He drew breath.
  2. haul (in or on conveyance)
  3. suck
  4. attract
  5. bring on
  6. proceed
Conjugation
Conjugation of tarraing (second 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 /
tarraingíteá
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
tarraingeoidh tú;
tarraingeoir;
tarraingeochaidh
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; tharraingeochthá /
tarraingeofá; tarraingeochthá
tharraingeodh sé, sí; tharraingeochadh sé, sí /
tarraingeodh sé, sí; tarraingeochadh sé, sí
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; tarraingeochthaí
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 dtarraingínn dtarraingíteá dtarraingíodh sé, sí dtarraingímis;
dtarraingíodh muid
dtarraingíodh sibh dtarraingídís;
dtarraingíodh siad
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

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tarraing.

Noun

tarraing f (genitive singular tarraingthe, nominative plural tarraingtí)

  1. (nonstandard) alternative form of tarraingt

Mutation

Mutated forms of tarraing
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

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)

  1. draw, pull, drag, heave
  2. draw (breath, beer, etc.)
  3. draw (picture)
  4. attract (person, magnet, etc.)
  5. distil (spirits)
  6. extract
  7. infuse, steep (tea, etc.)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

tarraing f (genitive singular tarrainge or tàirgne, plural tarraingean or tàirgnean)

  1. verbal noun of tarraing
  2. drawing, pulling, dragging
  3. draught, gulp
  4. attraction
  5. traction
  6. halyard

Mutation

Mutation of tarraing
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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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