# sroich
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* roich, soich
* srois (Munster)

### Etymology

A conflation of the older forms soich (from Middle Irish ro·saich, from Old Irish ro·saig) and roich (from Old Irish do·roich, itself from to- + ro·saig).

### Verb

sroich (present analytic sroicheann, future analytic sroichfidh, verbal noun sroicheadh, past participle sroichte)
* (transitive) attain, achieve
    Synonym: bain amach
    duine a shroicheann aois áirithe ― a person who attains a certain age
* (transitive, intransitive) reach [with ar ‘for’], arrive (at), come to, get to (reach, arrive at)
    Synonym: righ
    Shroich siad an port.They reached the port.
    Shroich mé an baile.I arrived home.
    Cas ar dheis nuair a shroichfidh tú an stáisiún peitril.Turn right when you come to the petrol station.
    Ar shroich do mhac an scoil in am?Did your son get to school in time?

#### Declension

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | sroichim | sroicheann tú; sroichir$^†$ | sroicheann sé, sí | sroichimid | sroicheann sibh | sroicheann siad; sroichid$^†$ | a shroicheann; a shroicheas / a sroicheann* | sroichtear |
| indicative | past | shroich mé; shroicheas | shroich tú; shroichis | shroich sé, sí | shroicheamar; shroich muid | shroich sibh; shroicheabhair | shroich siad; shroicheadar | a shroich / ar shroich* | sroicheadh |
| indicative | past habitual | shroichinn / sroichinn‡‡ | shroichteá / sroichteá‡‡ | shroicheadh sé, sí / sroicheadh sé, sí‡‡ | shroichimis; shroicheadh muid / sroichimis‡‡; sroicheadh muid‡‡ | shroicheadh sibh / sroicheadh sibh‡‡ | shroichidís; shroicheadh siad / sroichidís‡‡; sroicheadh siad‡‡ | a shroicheadh / a sroicheadh* | shroichtí / sroichtí‡‡ |
| future | future | sroichfidh mé; sroichfead | sroichfidh tú; sroichfir$^†$ | sroichfidh sé, sí | sroichfimid; sroichfidh muid | sroichfidh sibh | sroichfidh siad; sroichfid$^†$ | a shroichfidh; a shroichfeas / a sroichfidh* | sroichfear |
| conditional | conditional | shroichfinn / sroichfinn‡‡ | shroichfeá / sroichfeá‡‡ | shroichfeadh sé, sí / sroichfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | shroichfimis; shroichfeadh muid / sroichfimis‡‡; sroichfeadh muid‡‡ | shroichfeadh sibh / sroichfeadh sibh‡‡ | shroichfidís; shroichfeadh siad / sroichfidís‡‡; sroichfeadh siad‡‡ | a shroichfeadh / a sroichfeadh* | shroichfí / sroichfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go sroiche mé; go sroichead$^†$ | go sroiche tú; go sroichir$^†$ | go sroiche sé, sí | go sroichimid; go sroiche muid | go sroiche sibh | go sroiche siad; go sroichid$^†$ | — | go sroichtear |
| subjunctive | past | dá sroichinn | dá sroichteá | dá sroicheadh sé, sí | dá sroichimis; dá sroicheadh muid | dá sroicheadh sibh | dá sroichidís; dá sroicheadh siad | — | dá sroichtí |
| imperative | imperative | sroichim | sroich | sroicheadh sé, sí | sroichimis | sroichigí; sroichidh$^†$ | sroichidís | — | sroichtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | sroicheadh | sroicheadh | sroicheadh | sroicheadh | sroicheadh | sroicheadh | sroicheadh | sroicheadh |
| past participle | past participle | sroichte | sroichte | sroichte | sroichte | sroichte | sroichte | sroichte | sroichte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* “sroich”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ro·saig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·roich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sroiċim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 688
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sroich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN