Dictionary Look-up Word
prioc
Nominal Forms
Verbal Adjective
prioctha
Verbal Noun
priocadh
Present
Affirmative
Only the verb
bí 'to be' is conjugated in this tense.
Negative
Only the verb
bí 'to be' is conjugated in this tense.
Present
Affirmative
| Sg.1 | priocaim |
| Sg.2 | priocann tú |
| Sg.3m | priocann sé |
| Sg.3f | priocann sí |
| Pl.1 | priocaimid; priocann muid |
| Pl.2 | priocann sibh |
| Pl.3 | priocann siad |
| Passive | prioctar |
Negative
| Sg.1 | ní phriocaim |
| Sg.2 | ní phriocann tú |
| Sg.3m | ní phriocann sé |
| Sg.3f | ní phriocann sí |
| Pl.1 | ní phriocaimid; ní phriocann muid |
| Pl.2 | ní phriocann sibh |
| Pl.3 | ní phriocann siad |
| Passive | ní phrioctar |
Past
Affirmative
| Sg.1 | phrioc mé |
| Sg.2 | phrioc tú |
| Sg.3m | phrioc sé |
| Sg.3f | phrioc sí |
| Pl.1 | phriocamar; phrioc muid |
| Pl.2 | phrioc sibh |
| Pl.3 | phrioc siad; phriocadar |
| Passive | priocadh |
Negative
| Sg.1 | níor phrioc mé |
| Sg.2 | níor phrioc tú |
| Sg.3m | níor phrioc sé |
| Sg.3f | níor phrioc sí |
| Pl.1 | níor phriocamar; níor phrioc muid |
| Pl.2 | níor phrioc sibh |
| Pl.3 | níor phrioc siad; níor phriocadar |
| Passive | níor priocadh |
Past Continuous
Affirmative
| Sg.1 | phriocainn |
| Sg.2 | phrioctá |
| Sg.3m | phriocadh sé |
| Sg.3f | phriocadh sí |
| Pl.1 | phriocaimis; phriocadh muid |
| Pl.2 | phriocadh sibh |
| Pl.3 | phriocaidís; phriocadh siad |
| Passive | phrioctaí |
Negative
| Sg.1 | ní phriocainn |
| Sg.2 | ní phrioctá |
| Sg.3m | ní phriocadh sé |
| Sg.3f | ní phriocadh sí |
| Pl.1 | ní phriocaimis; ní phriocadh muid |
| Pl.2 | ní phriocadh sibh |
| Pl.3 | ní phriocaidís; ní phriocadh siad |
| Passive | ní phrioctaí |
Future
Affirmative
| Sg.1 | priocfaidh mé |
| Sg.2 | priocfaidh tú |
| Sg.3m | priocfaidh sé |
| Sg.3f | priocfaidh sí |
| Pl.1 | priocfaimid; priocfaidh muid |
| Pl.2 | priocfaidh sibh |
| Pl.3 | priocfaidh siad |
| Passive | priocfar |
Negative
| Sg.1 | ní phriocfaidh mé |
| Sg.2 | ní phriocfaidh tú |
| Sg.3m | ní phriocfaidh sé |
| Sg.3f | ní phriocfaidh sí |
| Pl.1 | ní phriocfaimid; ní phriocfaidh muid |
| Pl.2 | ní phriocfaidh sibh |
| Pl.3 | ní phriocfaidh siad |
| Passive | ní phriocfar |
Conditional
Affirmative
| Sg.1 | phriocfainn |
| Sg.2 | phriocfá |
| Sg.3m | phriocfadh sé |
| Sg.3f | phriocfadh sí |
| Pl.1 | phriocfaimis; phriocfadh muid |
| Pl.2 | phriocfadh sibh |
| Pl.3 | phriocfaidís; phriocfadh siad |
| Passive | phriocfaí |
Negative
| Sg.1 | ní phriocfainn |
| Sg.2 | ní phriocfá |
| Sg.3m | ní phriocfadh sé |
| Sg.3f | ní phriocfadh sí |
| Pl.1 | ní phriocfaimis; ní phriocfadh muid |
| Pl.2 | ní phriocfadh sibh |
| Pl.3 | ní phriocfaidís; ní phriocfadh siad |
| Passive | ní phriocfaí |
Imperative
Affirmative
| Sg.1 | priocaim |
| Sg.2 | prioc |
| Sg.3m | priocadh sé |
| Sg.3f | priocadh sí |
| Pl.1 | priocaimis; priocadh muid |
| Pl.2 | priocaigí |
| Pl.3 | priocaidís; priocadh siad |
| Passive | prioctar |
Negative
| Sg.1 | ná priocaim |
| Sg.2 | ná prioc |
| Sg.3m | ná priocadh sé |
| Sg.3f | ná priocadh sí |
| Pl.1 | ná priocaimis; ná priocadh muid |
| Pl.2 | ná priocaigí |
| Pl.3 | ná priocaidís; ná priocadh siad |
| Passive | ná prioctar |
Subjunctive
Affirmative
| Sg.1 | go bprioca mé |
| Sg.2 | go bprioca tú |
| Sg.3m | go bprioca sé |
| Sg.3f | go bprioca sí |
| Pl.1 | go bpriocaimid; go bprioca muid |
| Pl.2 | go bprioca sibh |
| Pl.3 | go bprioca siad |
| Passive | go bprioctar |
Negative
| Sg.1 | nár phrioca mé |
| Sg.2 | nár phrioca tú |
| Sg.3m | nár phrioca sé |
| Sg.3f | nár phrioca sí |
| Pl.1 | nár phriocaimid; nár phrioca muid |
| Pl.2 | nár phrioca sibh |
| Pl.3 | nár phrioca siad |
| Passive | nár phrioctar |
Sample Sentences
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Do phrioc sé an cailín seo chun na h-oibre a dheunamh. (He goaded this girl to do the work.) [1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 195:]
Verbs conjugated like prioc
aisphreab,
athcheap,
athchnag,
athchum,
athdhear,
athghor,
athmheasc,
athnasc,
athphreab,
athscag,
athspreag,
bac,
ballbhasc,
barr,
basc,
bearr,
beoghearr,
bladhm,
blaosc,
blosc, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *prik-der.
3. Old English prica
4. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
5. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
6. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
7. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
8. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
9. Proto-Germanic *-ōną
10. Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
11. Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan
12. Old English -ian
13. Old English prician
14. Middle English prikkenbor.
15. Irish prioc
16. From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikōną, *prikjaną (“to pierce, prick”). Cognate with English prick. See: Middle English '
prikken', Old English '
prician', English '
prick'.
Translations
goad, to incite or provoke
jab, to poke or thrust abruptly