scréach
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish scréch (“cry, shout, scream”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgreuch).
Noun edit
scréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)
Declension edit
Declension of scréach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish scréchaid (“cries, screams, screeches”, verb), from scréch.
Verb edit
scréach (present analytic scréachann, future analytic scréachfaidh, verbal noun scréachach, past participle scréachta)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of scréach (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms edit
- scréachach (“screeching, shrieking”, adjective)
- scréachaire m (“screecher”)
- scréachán m (“screeching child; shrike”)
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scréach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scréch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scréchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language