greas

See also: gréas

Irish

Alternative forms

• dreas

Etymology

From Middle Irish gress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲasˠ/

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

• greasáil

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

• “greas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gres(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “greas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 382
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

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

• IPA^(key): /kɾʲes̪/

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^[1], Stirling, →ISBN