tarraing

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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
Derived terms

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

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]‎, 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