dreas

dreas

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲasˠ/

Verb

dreas (present analytic dreasann, future analytic dreasfaidh, verbal noun dreasadh, past participle dreasta)

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

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dreasaim	dreasann tú; dreasair†	dreasann sé, sí	dreasaimid	dreasann sibh	dreasann siad; dreasaid†	a dhreasann; a dhreasas / a ndreasann*; a ndreasas*	dreastar
	past	dhreas mé; dhreasas	dhreas tú; dhreasais	dhreas sé, sí	dhreasamar; dhreas muid	dhreas sibh; dhreasabhair	dhreas siad; dhreasadar	a dhreas / ar dhreas*	dreasadh
	past habitual	dhreasainn / ndreasainn‡‡	dhreastá / ndreastᇇ	dhreasadh sé, sí / ndreasadh sé, s퇇	dhreasaimis; dhreasadh muid / ndreasaimis‡‡; ndreasadh muid‡‡	dhreasadh sibh / ndreasadh sibh‡‡	dhreasaidís; dhreasadh siad / ndreasaidís‡‡; ndreasadh siad‡‡	a dhreasadh / a ndreasadh*	dhreastaí / ndreasta퇇
	future	dreasfaidh mé; dreasfad	dreasfaidh tú; dreasfair†	dreasfaidh sé, sí	dreasfaimid; dreasfaidh muid	dreasfaidh sibh	dreasfaidh siad; dreasfaid†	a dhreasfaidh; a dhreasfas / a ndreasfaidh*; a ndreasfas*	dreasfar
conditional		dhreasfainn / ndreasfainn‡‡	dhreasfá / ndreasfᇇ	dhreasfadh sé, sí / ndreasfadh sé, s퇇	dhreasfaimis; dhreasfadh muid / ndreasfaimis‡‡; ndreasfadh muid‡‡	dhreasfadh sibh / ndreasfadh sibh‡‡	dhreasfaidís; dhreasfadh siad / ndreasfaidís‡‡; ndreasfadh siad‡‡	a dhreasfadh / a ndreasfadh*	dhreasfaí / ndreasfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndreasa mé; go ndreasad†	go ndreasa tú; go ndreasair†	go ndreasa sé, sí	go ndreasaimid; go ndreasa muid	go ndreasa sibh	go ndreasa siad; go ndreasaid†	—	go ndreastar
	past	dá ndreasainn	dá ndreastá	dá ndreasadh sé, sí	dá ndreasaimis; dá ndreasadh muid	dá ndreasadh sibh	dá ndreasaidís; dá ndreasadh siad	—	dá ndreastaí
imperative		dreasaim	dreas	dreasadh sé, sí	dreasaimis	dreasaigí; dreasaidh†	dreasaidís	—	dreastar
verbal noun		dreasadh
past participle		dreasta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dreas	dhreas	ndreas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dreas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72