tarraing

Irish

Alternative forms

• tairng (superseded)
• tairg, tairrig (Munster)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾʲɪɟ/ (corresponding to the variant form tairrig)
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑɾˠən/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠən̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠn̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.

Verb

tarraing (present analytic tarraingíonn, future analytic tarraingeoidh, verbal noun tarraingt, past participle tarraingthe) (transitive, intransitive)

1. pull, draw, drag

   Tharraing sé anál.

   He drew breath.

2. haul (in or on conveyance)
3. suck
4. attract
5. bring on
6. proceed

Conjugation

conjugation of tarraing (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tarraingím	tarraingíonn tú; tarraingír†	tarraingíonn sé, sí	tarraingímid; tarraingíonn muid	tarraingíonn sibh	tarraingíonn siad; tarraingíd†	a tharraingíonn; a tharraingíos / a dtarraingíonn*	tarraingítear
	past	tharraing mé; tharraingíos	tharraing tú; tharraingís	tharraing sé, sí	tharraingíomar; tharraing muid	tharraing sibh; tharraingíobhair	tharraing siad; tharraingíodar	a tharraing / ar tharraing*	tarraingíodh
	past habitual	tharraingínn / dtarraingínn‡‡	tharraingíteá / dtarraingíteᇇ	tharraingíodh sé, sí / dtarraingíodh sé, s퇇	tharraingímis; tharraingíodh muid / dtarraingímis‡‡; dtarraingíodh muid‡‡	tharraingíodh sibh / dtarraingíodh sibh‡‡	tharraingídís; tharraingíodh siad / dtarraingídís‡‡; dtarraingíodh siad‡‡	a tharraingíodh / a dtarraingíodh*	tharraingítí / dtarraingít퇇
future		tarraingeoidh mé; tarraingeod; tarraingeochaidh mé†	tarraingeoidh tú; tarraingeoir†; tarraingeochaidh tú†	tarraingeoidh sé, sí; tarraingeochaidh sé, sí†	tarraingeoimid; tarraingeoidh muid; tarraingeochaimid†; tarraingeochaidh muid†	tarraingeoidh sibh; tarraingeochaidh sibh†	tarraingeoidh siad; tarraingeoid†; tarraingeochaidh siad†	a tharraingeoidh; a tharraingeos; a tharraingeochaidh†; a tharraingeochas† / a dtarraingeoidh*; a dtarraingeochaidh*†	tarraingeofar; tarraingeochar†
conditional		tharraingeoinn; tharraingeochainn† / dtarraingeoinn‡‡; dtarraingeochainn†‡‡	tharraingeofá; tharraingeochthᆠ/ dtarraingeofᇇ; dtarraingeochthᆇ‡	tharraingeodh sé, sí; tharraingeochadh sé, s토/ dtarraingeodh sé, s퇇; dtarraingeochadh sé, s톇‡	tharraingeoimis; tharraingeodh muid; tharraingeochaimis†; tharraingeochadh muid† / dtarraingeoimis‡‡; dtarraingeodh muid‡‡; dtarraingeochaimis†‡‡; dtarraingeochadh muid†‡‡	tharraingeodh sibh; tharraingeochadh sibh† / dtarraingeodh sibh‡‡; dtarraingeochadh sibh†‡‡	tharraingeoidís; tharraingeodh siad; tharraingeochadh siad† / dtarraingeoidís‡‡; dtarraingeodh siad‡‡; dtarraingeochadh siad†‡‡	a tharraingeodh; a tharraingeochadh† / a dtarraingeodh*; a dtarraingeochadh*†	tharraingeofaí; tharraingeochtha토/ dtarraingeofa퇇; dtarraingeochtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go dtarraingí mé; go dtarraingíod†	go dtarraingí tú; go dtarraingír†	go dtarraingí sé, sí	go dtarraingímid; go dtarraingí muid	go dtarraingí sibh	go dtarraingí siad; go dtarraingíd†	—	go dtarraingítear
	past	dá dtarraingínn	dá dtarraingíteá	dá dtarraingíodh sé, sí	dá dtarraingímis; dá dtarraingíodh muid	dá dtarraingíodh sibh	dá dtarraingídís; dá dtarraingíodh siad	—	dá dtarraingítí
imperative		tarraingím	tarraing	tarraingíodh sé, sí	tarraingímis	tarraingígí; tarraingídh†	tarraingídís	—	tarraingítear
verbal noun		tarraingt
past participle		tarraingthe

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

Derived terms

• aistarraing (“withdraw”, verb)
• imtharraing (“attract, interattract; gravitate”, verb)
• tarraing chuig (“take up; get hold of”, verb)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tarraing.

Noun

tarraing f (genitive singular tarraingthe, nominative plural tarraingtí)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of tarraingt

Mutation

Mutated forms of tarraing

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tarraing	tharraing	dtarraing

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tarraing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·srenga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰarˠɪkʲ/
• (Harris, Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰarˠɪɲ/

Verb

tarraing (past tharraing, future tàirnidh, verbal noun tarraing, past participle tarraingte)

1. draw, pull, drag, heave
2. draw (breath, beer, etc.)
3. draw (picture)
4. attract (person, magnet, etc.)
5. distil (spirits)
6. extract
7. infuse, steep (tea, etc.)

Synonyms

• slaod

Derived terms

• tarraing à
• tarraingeach

Noun

tarraing f (genitive singular tarrainge or tàirgne, plural tarraingean or tàirgnean)

1. verbal noun of tarraing
2. drawing, pulling, dragging
3. draught, gulp
4. attraction
5. traction
6. halyard

Mutation

Mutation of tarraing

radical	lenition
tarraing	tharraing

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “tarraing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·srenga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language