# prioc
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikōną, *prikjaną (“to pierce, prick”). Cognate with English prick.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʲɾʲʊk/

### Verb

prioc (present analytic priocann, future analytic priocfaidh, verbal noun priocadh, past participle prioctha)
* to prod, jab
* to sting
* to goad (someone to do something)
** 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 195:Do phrioc sé an cailín seo chun na h-oibre a dheunamh.He goaded this girl to do the work.

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | priocaim | priocann tú; priocair$^†$ | priocann sé, sí | priocaimid | priocann sibh | priocann siad; priocaid$^†$ | a phriocann; a phriocas / a bpriocann* | prioctar |
| indicative | past | phrioc mé; phriocas | phrioc tú; phriocais | phrioc sé, sí | phriocamar; phrioc muid | phrioc sibh; phriocabhair | phrioc siad; phriocadar | a phrioc / ar phrioc* | priocadh |
| indicative | past habitual | phriocainn / bpriocainn‡‡ | phrioctá / bprioctá‡‡ | phriocadh sé, sí / bpriocadh sé, sí‡‡ | phriocaimis; phriocadh muid / bpriocaimis‡‡; bpriocadh muid‡‡ | phriocadh sibh / bpriocadh sibh‡‡ | phriocaidís; phriocadh siad / bpriocaidís‡‡; bpriocadh siad‡‡ | a phriocadh / a bpriocadh* | phrioctaí / bprioctaí‡‡ |
| future | future | priocfaidh mé; priocfad | priocfaidh tú; priocfair$^†$ | priocfaidh sé, sí | priocfaimid; priocfaidh muid | priocfaidh sibh | priocfaidh siad; priocfaid$^†$ | a phriocfaidh; a phriocfas / a bpriocfaidh* | priocfar |
| conditional | conditional | phriocfainn / bpriocfainn‡‡ | phriocfá / bpriocfá‡‡ | phriocfadh sé, sí / bpriocfadh sé, sí‡‡ | phriocfaimis; phriocfadh muid / bpriocfaimis‡‡; bpriocfadh muid‡‡ | phriocfadh sibh / bpriocfadh sibh‡‡ | phriocfaidís; phriocfadh siad / bpriocfaidís‡‡; bpriocfadh siad‡‡ | a phriocfadh / a bpriocfadh* | phriocfaí / bpriocfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go bprioca mé; go bpriocad$^†$ | go bprioca tú; go bpriocair$^†$ | go bprioca sé, sí | go bpriocaimid; go bprioca muid | go bprioca sibh | go bprioca siad; go bpriocaid$^†$ | — | go bprioctar |
| subjunctive | past | dá bpriocainn | dá bprioctá | dá bpriocadh sé, sí | dá bpriocaimis; dá bpriocadh muid | dá bpriocadh sibh | dá bpriocaidís; dá bpriocadh siad | — | dá bprioctaí |
| imperative | imperative | priocaim | prioc | priocadh sé, sí | priocaimis | priocaigí; priocaidh$^†$ | priocaidís | — | prioctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | priocadh | priocadh | priocadh | priocadh | priocadh | priocadh | priocadh | priocadh |
| past participle | past participle | prioctha | prioctha | prioctha | prioctha | prioctha | prioctha | prioctha | prioctha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pricaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “priocaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 552
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prioc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “prioc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “prioc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
* “prioc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy