preas
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
preas m (genitive singular preasa, nominative plural preasanna)
- press (device used to apply pressure; printed media)
Declension edit
Declension of preas
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- clóphreas m (“printing press”)
- litirphreas m (“letterpress”)
- preasáil (“press”, verb)
- preasobair f (“presswork”)
- preasphrofa m (“press-proof”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
preas | phreas | bpreas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “preas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
preas m (genitive singular preasa, plural preasan)
- wrinkle, fold, crease
- gun phreas gun smal ― without wrinkle or spot
- Tha preasan 'na aodann. ― His face is wrinkled.
Noun edit
preas m (genitive singular pris, plural preasan or pris)
Verb edit
preas (past phreas, future preasaidh, verbal noun preasadh, past participle preaste)
Etymology 2 edit
Probably borrowed from Pictish. Cognate with Welsh prys (“bush, copse”).
Noun edit
preas m (genitive singular pris, plural preasan or pris)
- a bush, a shrub
- Thilg i an leanabh fo aon de na preasan.
- She threw the child under one of the shrubs.
- Cha deach car do theadhair mu phreas.
- You look well.
- (literally, “Your tether has not gone round the bush.”)
- a thicket
- brier
Usage notes edit
Preas is not used in Arran, where they say craobh for a garden bush and tom for a wild bush.
Derived terms edit
- preas-chrabhsag (“gooseberry bush”)
- preas-dhearc (“berry bush”)
- preas-dhearcag (“berry bush”)
- preas-dris (“gooseberry bush”)
- preas-droighinn (“thorn bush”)
- preas-fhiontag (“cloudberry bush”)
- preas-nan-dearc (“berry bush”)
- preas-nan-ròs (“rose bush”)
- preas-nom-flontag (“crowberry bush”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
preas | phreas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
preas f pl
Verb edit
preas