See also: gréas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gress.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

greas f (genitive singular greise, nominative plural greasa)

  1. amount of anything done at a time
  2. spell (indefinite period of time)
  3. (literary) attack, onset
  4. (literary) injury

Declension

Declension of greas (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative greas greasa
vocative a ghreas a ghreasa
genitive greise greas
dative greas
greis (archaic, dialectal) 		greasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghreas na greasa
genitive na greise na ngreas
dative leis an ngreas
leis an ngreis (archaic, dialectal)
don ghreas
don ghreis (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na greasa

Derived terms

Verb

greas (present analytic greasann, future analytic greasfaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greasta)

  1. alternative form of dreasaigh (“to incite”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of greas (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present greasaim greasann tú;
greasair† 		greasann sé, sí greasaimid; greasann muid greasann sibh greasann siad;
greasaid† 		a ghreasann; a ghreasas greastar
past ghreas mé; ghreasas ghreas tú; ghreasais ghreas sé, sí ghreasamar; ghreas muid ghreas sibh; ghreasabhair ghreas siad; ghreasadar a ghreas greasadh
past habitual ghreasainn /
greasainn‡ 		ghreastá /
greastᇠ		ghreasadh sé, sí /
greasadh sé, sí‡ 		ghreasaimis; ghreasadh muid /
greasaimis‡; greasadh muid‡ 		ghreasadh sibh /
greasadh sibh‡ 		ghreasaidís; ghreasadh siad /
greasaidís‡; greasadh siad‡ 		a ghreasadh ghreastaí /
greastaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future greasfaidh mé;
greasfad 		greasfaidh tú;
greasfair† 		greasfaidh sé, sí greasfaimid;
greasfaidh muid 		greasfaidh sibh greasfaidh siad;
greasfaid† 		a ghreasfaidh; a ghreasfas greasfar
conditional ghreasfainn /
greasfainn‡ 		ghreasfá /
greasfᇠ		ghreasfadh sé, sí /
greasfadh sé, sí‡ 		ghreasfaimis; ghreasfadh muid /
greasfaimis‡; greasfadh muid‡ 		ghreasfadh sibh /
greasfadh sibh‡ 		ghreasfaidís; ghreasfadh siad /
greasfaidís‡; greasfadh siad‡ 		a ghreasfadh ghreasfaí /
greasfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go ngreasa mé;
go ngreasad† 		go ngreasa tú;
go ngreasair† 		go ngreasa sé, sí go ngreasaimid;
go ngreasa muid 		go ngreasa sibh go ngreasa siad;
go ngreasaid† 		— go ngreastar
past dá ngreasainn dá ngreastá dá ngreasadh sé, sí dá ngreasaimis;
dá ngreasadh muid 		dá ngreasadh sibh dá ngreasaidís;
dá ngreasadh siad 		— dá ngreastaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— greasaim greas greasadh sé, sí greasaimis greasaigí;
greasaidh† 		greasaidís — greastar
past participle greasta
verbal noun greasadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of greas
radical lenition eclipsis
greas ghreas ngreas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “greas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gres(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 39, page 21

Further reading

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

grēas

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grēosan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gressaid, from Proto-Celtic *gred-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreydʰ-, see also Lithuanian gri̇̀dyti (“to go, to wander”), Old Irish in·greinn, do·greinn (“to persecute”).

Pronunciation

Verb

greas (past ghreas, future greasaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greaste)

  1. to hurry (+ air + object pronoun agreeing with the subject)
    Greas ort! ― Hurry up!

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “greas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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