preas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English press.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʲɾʲasˠ/

Noun

preas m (genitive singular preasa, nominative plural preasanna)

press (device used to apply pressure; printed media)

Declension

Declension of preas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	preas	preasanna
Vocative	a phreas	a phreasanna
Genitive	preasa	preasanna
Dative	preas	preasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an preas	na preasanna
Genitive	an phreasa	na bpreasanna
Dative	leis an bpreas don phreas	leis na preasanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from preas

clóphreas m (“printing press”)
litirphreas m (“letterpress”)

preasáil (“press”, verb)
preasobair f (“presswork”)

preasphrofa m (“press-proof”)

Related terms

Terms related to preas

preasálaí m (“crimp”)

preasálaí m (“presser”)

prios m (“press, cupboard”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
preas	phreas	bpreas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"preas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

preasa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English press.

Noun

preas m (genitive singular preasa, plural preasan)

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)

cupboard, press

Verb

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

wrinkle, corrugate
plait, braid
squeeze, crush by weight or force

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Welsh prys.

Noun

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

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. Your tether has not gone round the bush. (Said of a person who looks well.)
a thicket
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

Terms derived from preas

preas-chrabhsag (“gooseberry bush”)
preas-dhearc, preas-dhearcag, preas-nan-dearc (“berry bush”)
preas-dris (“gooseberry bush”)

preas-droighinn (“thorn bush”)
preas-fhiontag (“cloudberry bush”)

preas-nan-ròs (“rose bush”)
preas-nom-flontag (“crowberry bush”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)

Spanish

Noun

preas f pl

plural of prea

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