spreagthach

Irish

Etymology

From spreagadh (“urging, incitement; incentive, encouragement; excitation, stimulus; impulse; rebuke, reproof”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

spreagthach (genitive singular masculine spreagthaigh, genitive singular feminine spreagthaí, plural spreagthacha, comparative spreagthaí)

1. inciting, stimulating
2. (medicine) excitant

Declension

Declension of spreagthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	spreagthach	spreagthach	spreagthacha
vocative	spreagthaigh		spreagthacha
genitive		spreagthaí	spreagthacha	spreagthach
dative	spreagthach	spreagthach; spreagthaigh (archaic)	spreagthacha
Comparative	níos spreagthaí
Superlative	is spreagthaí

Related terms

• spreagthacht f (“incitation, stimulation; excitement”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spreagthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN