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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sprecaid (“reproves, rebukes; wakes, rouses, urges”).
Pronunciation
Verb
spreag (present analytic spreagann, future analytic spreagfaidh, verbal noun spreagadh, past participle spreagtha)
- urge, incite
- arouse, inspire
- prompt, encourage
- (literary) rebuke, reprove
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Synonyms
Further reading
- 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