# scréach
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃcɾʲeːx/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish scréch (“cry, shout, scream”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgreuch).

#### Noun

scréach f (genitive singular scréiche, nominative plural scréacha)
* screech, (harsh) scream, shriek

##### Declension

Second declension

##### Derived terms

* scréachóg f (“jay”)
* scréachán m (“shrike”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish scréchaid (“cries, screams, screeches”, verb), from scréch.

#### Verb

scréach (present analytic scréachann, future analytic scréachfaidh, verbal noun scréachach, past participle scréachta)
* (intransitive) screech, shriek

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | scréachaim | scréachann tú; scréachair$^†$ | scréachann sé, sí | scréachaimid | scréachann sibh | scréachann siad; scréachaid$^†$ | a scréachann; a scréachas | scréachtar |
| indicative | past | scréach mé; scréachas | scréach tú; scréachais | scréach sé, sí | scréachamar; scréach muid | scréach sibh; scréachabhair | scréach siad; scréachadar | a scréach / ar scréach* | scréachadh |
| indicative | past habitual | scréachainn | scréachtá | scréachadh sé, sí | scréachaimis; scréachadh muid | scréachadh sibh | scréachaidís; scréachadh siad | a scréachadh / a scréachadh* | scréachtaí |
| future | future | scréachfaidh mé; scréachfad | scréachfaidh tú; scréachfair$^†$ | scréachfaidh sé, sí | scréachfaimid; scréachfaidh muid | scréachfaidh sibh | scréachfaidh siad; scréachfaid$^†$ | a scréachfaidh; a scréachfas | scréachfar |
| conditional | conditional | scréachfainn | scréachfá | scréachfadh sé, sí | scréachfaimis; scréachfadh muid | scréachfadh sibh | scréachfaidís; scréachfadh siad | a scréachfadh / a scréachfadh* | scréachfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go scréacha mé; go scréachad$^†$ | go scréacha tú; go scréachair$^†$ | go scréacha sé, sí | go scréachaimid; go scréacha muid | go scréacha sibh | go scréacha siad; go scréachaid$^†$ | — | go scréachtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá scréachainn | dá scréachtá | dá scréachadh sé, sí | dá scréachaimis; dá scréachadh muid | dá scréachadh sibh | dá scréachaidís; dá scréachadh siad | — | dá scréachtaí |
| imperative | imperative | scréachaim | scréach | scréachadh sé, sí | scréachaimis | scréachaigí; scréachaidh$^†$ | scréachaidís | — | scréachtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | scréachach | scréachach | scréachach | scréachach | scréachach | scréachach | scréachach | scréachach |
| past participle | past participle | scréachta | scréachta | scréachta | scréachta | scréachta | scréachta | scréachta | scréachta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

##### Derived terms

* scréachach (“screeching, shrieking”, adjective)
* scréachaire m (“screecher”)
* scréachán m (“screeching child; shrike”)

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scréach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scréchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language