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scréach

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish scréch (cry, shout, scream) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgreuch).

Noun

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scréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)

  1. screech, (harsh) scream, shriek
Declension
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Declension of scréach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative scréach scréacha
vocative a scréach a scréacha
genitive scréiche scréach
dative scréach
scréich (archaic, dialectal)
scréacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an scréach na scréacha
genitive na scréiche na scréach
dative leis an scréach
leis an scréich (archaic, dialectal)
don scréach
don scréich (archaic, dialectal)
leis na scréacha
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish scréchaid (cries, screams, screeches, verb), from scréch.

Verb

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scréach (present analytic scréachann, future analytic scréachfaidh, verbal noun scréachach, past participle scréachta)

  1. (intransitive) screech, shriek
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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References

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