Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.

Verb

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tarraing (present analytic tarraingíonn, future analytic tarraingeoidh, verbal noun tarraingt, past participle tarraingthe) (transitive, intransitive)

  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
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish tarraing.

Noun

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tarraing f (genitive singular tarraingthe, nominative plural tarraingtí)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of tarraingt

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tarraing tharraing dtarraing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Noun

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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

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tarraing tharraing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tarraing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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