sroich

Irish

Alternative forms

• roich, soich
• srois (Munster)

Etymology

A conflation of the older forms soich (from Middle Irish ro·saich, from Old Irish ro·saig) and roich (from Old Irish do·roich, itself from to- + ro·saig).

Verb

sroich (present analytic sroicheann, future analytic sroichfidh, verbal noun sroicheadh, past participle sroichte)

1. (transitive) attain, achieve

   Synonym: bain amach

   duine a shroicheann aois áirithe ― a person who attains a certain age

2. (transitive, intransitive) reach [with ar ‘for’], arrive (at), come to, get to (reach, arrive at)

   Synonym: righ

   Shroich siad an port.

   They reached the port.

   Shroich mé an baile.

   I arrived home.

   Cas ar dheis nuair a shroichfidh tú an stáisiún peitril.

   Turn right when you come to the petrol station.

   Ar shroich do mhac an scoil in am?

   Did your son get to school in time?

Declension

conjugation of sroich (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	sroichim	sroicheann tú; sroichir†	sroicheann sé, sí	sroichimid	sroicheann sibh	sroicheann siad; sroichid†	a shroicheann; a shroicheas / a sroicheann*	sroichtear
	past	shroich mé; shroicheas	shroich tú; shroichis	shroich sé, sí	shroicheamar; shroich muid	shroich sibh; shroicheabhair	shroich siad; shroicheadar	a shroich / ar shroich*	sroicheadh
	past habitual	shroichinn / sroichinn‡‡	shroichteá / sroichteᇇ	shroicheadh sé, sí / sroicheadh sé, s퇇	shroichimis; shroicheadh muid / sroichimis‡‡; sroicheadh muid‡‡	shroicheadh sibh / sroicheadh sibh‡‡	shroichidís; shroicheadh siad / sroichidís‡‡; sroicheadh siad‡‡	a shroicheadh / a sroicheadh*	shroichtí / sroicht퇇
future		sroichfidh mé; sroichfead	sroichfidh tú; sroichfir†	sroichfidh sé, sí	sroichfimid; sroichfidh muid	sroichfidh sibh	sroichfidh siad; sroichfid†	a shroichfidh; a shroichfeas / a sroichfidh*	sroichfear
conditional		shroichfinn / sroichfinn‡‡	shroichfeá / sroichfeᇇ	shroichfeadh sé, sí / sroichfeadh sé, s퇇	shroichfimis; shroichfeadh muid / sroichfimis‡‡; sroichfeadh muid‡‡	shroichfeadh sibh / sroichfeadh sibh‡‡	shroichfidís; shroichfeadh siad / sroichfidís‡‡; sroichfeadh siad‡‡	a shroichfeadh / a sroichfeadh*	shroichfí / sroichf퇇
subjunctive	present	go sroiche mé; go sroichead†	go sroiche tú; go sroichir†	go sroiche sé, sí	go sroichimid; go sroiche muid	go sroiche sibh	go sroiche siad; go sroichid†	—	go sroichtear
	past	dá sroichinn	dá sroichteá	dá sroicheadh sé, sí	dá sroichimis; dá sroicheadh muid	dá sroicheadh sibh	dá sroichidís; dá sroicheadh siad	—	dá sroichtí
imperative		sroichim	sroich	sroicheadh sé, sí	sroichimis	sroichigí; sroichidh†	sroichidís	—	sroichtear
verbal noun		sroicheadh
past participle		sroichte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of sroich

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sroich	shroich after an, tsroich	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “sroich”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ro·saig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·roich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sroiċim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 688
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sroich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN