greas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gress.

Pronunciation

Noun

greas f (genitive singular greise, nominative plural greasa)

  1. amount of anything done at a time
  2. spell (indefinite period of time)
  3. (literary) attack, onset
  4. (literary) injury

Declension

Declension of greas

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative greas greasa
Vocative a ghreas a ghreasa
Genitive greise greas
Dative greas
greis (archaic, dialectal) 		greasa

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghreas na greasa
Genitive na greise na ngreas
Dative leis an ngreas
leis an ngreis (archaic, dialectal)

don ghreas
don ghreis (archaic, dialectal)

leis na greasa

Derived terms

Verb

greas (present analytic greasann, future analytic greasfaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greasta)

  1. Alternative form of dreasaigh (“to incite”)

Conjugation

conjugation of greas (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present greasaim greasann tú;
greasair† 		greasann sé, sí greasaimid greasann sibh greasann siad;
greasaid† 		a ghreasann; a ghreasas /
a ngreasann*; a ngreasas* 		greastar
past ghreas mé; ghreasas ghreas tú; ghreasais ghreas sé, sí ghreasamar; ghreas muid ghreas sibh; ghreasabhair ghreas siad; ghreasadar a ghreas /
ar ghreas* 		greasadh
past habitual ghreasainn / ngreasainn‡‡ ghreastá / ngreastᇇ ghreasadh sé, sí / ngreasadh sé, s퇇 ghreasaimis; ghreasadh muid / ngreasaimis‡‡; ngreasadh muid‡‡ ghreasadh sibh / ngreasadh sibh‡‡ ghreasaidís; ghreasadh siad / ngreasaidís‡‡; ngreasadh siad‡‡ a ghreasadh /
a ngreasadh* 		ghreastaí / ngreasta퇇
future greasfaidh mé;
greasfad 		greasfaidh tú;
greasfair† 		greasfaidh sé, sí greasfaimid;
greasfaidh muid 		greasfaidh sibh greasfaidh siad;
greasfaid† 		a ghreasfaidh; a ghreasfas /
a ngreasfaidh*; a ngreasfas* 		greasfar
conditional ghreasfainn / ngreasfainn‡‡ ghreasfá / ngreasfᇇ ghreasfadh sé, sí / ngreasfadh sé, s퇇 ghreasfaimis; ghreasfadh muid / ngreasfaimis‡‡; ngreasfadh muid‡‡ ghreasfadh sibh / ngreasfadh sibh‡‡ ghreasfaidís; ghreasfadh siad / ngreasfaidís‡‡; ngreasfadh siad‡‡ a ghreasfadh /
a ngreasfadh* 		ghreasfaí / ngreasfa퇇
subjunctive present go ngreasa mé;
go ngreasad† 		go ngreasa tú;
go ngreasair† 		go ngreasa sé, sí go ngreasaimid;
go ngreasa muid 		go ngreasa sibh go ngreasa siad;
go ngreasaid† 		— go ngreastar
past dá ngreasainn dá ngreastá dá ngreasadh sé, sí dá ngreasaimis;
dá ngreasadh muid 		dá ngreasadh sibh dá ngreasaidís;
dá ngreasadh siad 		— dá ngreastaí
imperative greasaim greas greasadh sé, sí greasaimis greasaigí;
greasaidh† 		greasaidís — greastar
verbal noun greasadh
past participle greasta

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
greas ghreas ngreas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gressaid, from Proto-Celtic *gred-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreydʰ-, see also Lithuanian grìdyti (“to go, to wander”), Old Irish in·greinn, do·greinn (“to persecute”).

Pronunciation

Verb

greas (past ghreas, future greasaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greaste)

  1. to hurry (+ air + object pronoun agreeing with the subject)
    Greas ort! ― Hurry up!

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “greas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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