spreag
Appearance
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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sprecaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language