greas

== Irish == === Alternative forms === dreas === Etymology === From Middle Irish gress. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɟɾʲasˠ/ === Noun === greas f (genitive singular greise, nominative plural greasa) amount of anything done at a time spell (indefinite period of time) (literary) attack, onset (literary) injury ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== greasáil === Verb === greas (present analytic greasann, future analytic greasfaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greasta) alternative form of dreasaigh (“to incite”) ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === 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 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡræ͜ɑːs/ Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːs === Verb === grēas first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grēosan == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish gressaid, from Proto-Celtic *gred-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreydʰ-, see also Lithuanian gri̇̀dyti (“to go, to wander”), Old Irish in·greinn, do·greinn (“to persecute”). === Pronunciation === (Lewis) IPA(key): /ɡ̊ðɤs̪/ (Uist) IPA(key): /ɡ̊ɾes̪/ === Verb === greas (past ghreas, future greasaidh, verbal noun greasadh, past participle greaste) to hurry (+ air + object pronoun agreeing with the subject) Greas ort! ― Hurry up! === References === === Further reading === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “greas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN