Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

A conflation of the older forms soich (from Middle Irish ro·saich, from Old Irish ro·saig) and roich (from Old Irish do·roich, itself from to- + ro·saig).

Verb edit

sroich (present analytic sroicheann, future analytic sroichfidh, verbal noun sroicheadh, past participle sroichte)

  1. (transitive) attain, achieve
    Synonym: bain amach
    duine a shroicheann aois áirithea person who attains a certain age
  2. (transitive, intransitive) reach [+ ar (object) = 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 edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sroich shroich
after an, tsroich
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit