prioc
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikōną, *prikjaną (“to pierce, prick”). Cognate with English prick.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
prioc (present analytic priocann, future analytic priocfaidh, verbal noun priocadh, past participle prioctha)
- to prod, jab
- to sting
- to goad (someone to do something)
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 195:
- Do phrioc sé an cailín seo chun na h-oibre a dheunamh.
- He goaded this girl to do the work.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of prioc (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
prioc | phrioc | bprioc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pricaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “priocaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 552
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prioc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “prioc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “prioc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “prioc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy