spreag
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish sprecaid (“reproves, rebukes; wakes, rouses, urges”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spreag (present analytic spreagann, future analytic spreagfaidh, verbal noun spreagadh, past participle spreagtha)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of spreag (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Synonyms edit
- (reprove): ceartaigh
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spreag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sprecaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language