Irish

Noun

preas m ‎(genitive singular preasa, nominative plural preasanna)

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

Declension

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Mutation

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• preasa

Etymology 1

Borrowing 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

Borrowing from Welsh prys.

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

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 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)