prioc

Irish

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

prioc (present analytic priocann, future analytic priocfaidh, verbal noun priocadh, past participle prioctha)

to prod, jab
to sting
to goad (someone to do something)
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”^[1]:
  
  Do phrioc sé an cailín seo chun na h-oibre a dheunamh.
  He goaded this girl to do the work.

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			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; a bpriocas	prioctar
	past	phrioc mé; phriocas	phrioc tú; phriocais	phrioc sé, sí	phriocamar; phrioc muid	phrioc sibh; phriocabhair	phrioc siad; phriocadar	a phrioc / ar phrioc*	priocadh
	past habitual	phriocainn	phrioctá	phriocadh sé, sí	phriocaimis; phriocadh muid	phriocadh sibh	phriocaidís; phriocadh siad	a phriocadh / ar phriocadh*	phrioctaí
	future	priocfaidh mé; priocfad	priocfaidh tú; priocfair^†	priocfaidh sé, sí	priocfaimid; priocfaidh muid	priocfaidh sibh	priocfaidh siad; priocfaid^†	a phriocfaidh; a phriocfas / a bpriocfaidh; a bpriocfas	priocfar
conditional		phriocfainn	phriocfá	phriocfadh sé, sí	phriocfaimis; phriocfadh muid	phriocfadh sibh	phriocfaidís; phriocfadh siad	a phriocfadh / ar phriocfadh*	phriocfaí
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		priocaim	prioc	priocadh sé, sí	priocaimis	priocaigí; priocaidh^†	priocaidís	—	prioctar
verbal noun		priocadh
past participle		prioctha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
prioc	phrioc	bprioc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

“pricaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“priocaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 552.
"prioc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “prioc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “prioc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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