scréach
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish scréch (“cry, shout, scream”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgreuch).
Noun
editscréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)
Declension
editDeclension of scréach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Irish scréchaid (“cries, screams, screeches”, verb), from scréch.
Verb
editscréach (present analytic scréachann, future analytic scréachfaidh, verbal noun scréachach, past participle scréachta)
Conjugation
editconjugation 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language