preas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English press.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲɾʲasˠ/

Noun

preas m (genitive singular preasa, nominative plural preasanna)

1. press (device used to apply pressure; printed media)

Declension

Declension of preas (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative preas preasanna vocative a phreas a phreasanna genitive preasa preasanna dative preas preasanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an preas na preasanna genitive an phreasa na bpreasanna dative leis an bpreas don phreas leis na preasanna

Derived terms

• clóphreas m (“printing press”)
• litirphreas m (“letterpress”)
• preasáil (“press”, verb)
• preasobair f (“presswork”)
• preasphrofa m (“press-proof”)

Related terms

• preasálaí m (“crimp”)
• preasálaí m (“presser”)
• prios m (“press, cupboard”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of preas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
preas	phreas	bpreas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “preas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• preasa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɾʲes̪/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English press.

Noun

preas m (genitive singular preasa, plural preasan)

1. wrinkle, fold, crease

   gun phreas gun smal ― without wrinkle or spot

   Tha preasan 'na aodann. ― His face is wrinkled.

Noun

preas m (genitive singular pris, plural preasan or pris)

1. cupboard, press

Verb

preas (past phreas, future preasaidh, verbal noun preasadh, past participle preaste)

1. wrinkle, corrugate
2. plait, braid
3. squeeze, crush by weight or force

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Pictish. Cognate with Welsh prys (“bush, copse”).

Noun

preas m (genitive singular pris, plural preasan or pris)

1. a bush, a shrub

   Thilg i an leanabh fo aon de na preasan.

   She threw the child under one of the shrubs.

   Cha deach car do theadhair mu phreas.

   You look well.

   (literally, “Your tether has not gone round the bush.”)

2. a thicket
3. brier

Usage notes

Preas is not used in Arran, where they say craobh for a garden bush and tom for a wild bush.

Derived terms

• preas-chrabhsag (“gooseberry bush”)
• preas-dhearc (“berry bush”)
• preas-dhearcag (“berry bush”)
• preas-dris (“gooseberry bush”)
• preas-droighinn (“thorn bush”)
• preas-fhiontag (“cloudberry bush”)
• preas-nan-dearc (“berry bush”)
• preas-nan-ròs (“rose bush”)
• preas-nom-flontag (“crowberry bush”)

Mutation

Mutation of preas

radical	lenition
preas	phreas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “preas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾeas/ [ˈpɾe.as]
• Rhymes: -eas
• Syllabification: pre‧as

Noun

preas f pl

1. plural of prea

Verb

preas

1. second-person singular present indicative of prear