tarraing

Irish

Alternative forms

• tairng (superseded)
• tairg, tairrig (Munster)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) see: tairrig
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑɾˠənʲ/, /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠən̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠn̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.

Verb

tarraing (present analytic tarraingíonn, future analytic tarraingeoidh, verbal noun tarraingt, past participle tarraingthe) (ambitransitive)

1. to pull, draw, drag

   Tharraing sé anál.

   He drew breath.

   Tharraing sí cárta.

   She drew a card.

2. to haul (in or on conveyance)
3. to suck, draw (a liquid from some container)

   fuil a tharraingt

   to draw blood

4. to pour

   deoch a tharraingt

   to pour a drink

5. to pick, pluck, extract
6. to attract
7. to bring on
8. to proceed

Conjugation

Conjugation of tarraing (second conjugation)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	tarraingím	tarraingíonn tú; tarraingír†	tarraingíonn sé, sí	tarraingímid; tarraingíonn muid	tarraingíonn sibh	tarraingíonn siad; tarraingíd†	a tharraingíonn; a tharraingíos	tarraingítear
past	tharraing mé; tharraingíos	tharraing tú; tharraingís	tharraing sé, sí	tharraingíomar; tharraing muid	tharraing sibh; tharraingíobhair	tharraing siad; tharraingíodar	a tharraing	tarraingíodh
past habitual	tharraingínn / tarraingínn‡	tharraingíteá / tarraingíteá‡	tharraingíodh sé, sí / tarraingíodh sé, sí‡	tharraingímis; tharraingíodh muid / tarraingímis‡; tarraingíodh muid‡	tharraingíodh sibh / tarraingíodh sibh‡	tharraingídís; tharraingíodh / tarraingídís‡; tarraingíodh siad‡	a tharraingíodh	tharraingítí / tarraingítí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tarraingeoidh mé; tarraingeod; tarraingeochaidh mé†	tarraingeoidh tú; tarraingeoir†; tarraingeochaidh tú†	tarraingeoidh sé, sí; tarraingeochaidh sé, sí†	tarraingeoimid; tarraingeoidh muid; tarraingeochaimid†; tarraingeochaidh muid†	tarraingeoidh sibh; tarraingeochaidh sibh†	tarraingeoidh siad; tarraingeoid†; tarraingeochaidh siad†	a tharraingeoidh; a tharraingeos; a tharraingeochaidh†; a tharraingeochas†	tarraingeofar; tarraingeochar†
conditional	tharraingeoinn; tharraingeochainn† / tarraingeoinn‡; tarraingeochainn†‡	tharraingeofá; tharraingeochthᆠ/ tarraingeofá‡; tarraingeochthᆇ	tharraingeodh sé, sí; tharraingeochadh sé, s토/ tarraingeodh sé, sí‡; tarraingeochadh sé, s톇	tharraingeoimis; tharraingeodh muid; tharraingeochaimis†; tharraingeochadh muid† / tarraingeoimis‡; tarraingeodh muid‡; tarraingeochaimis†‡; tarraingeochadh muid†‡	tharraingeodh sibh; tharraingeochadh sibh† / tarraingeodh sibh‡; tarraingeochadh sibh†‡	tharraingeoidís; tharraingeodh siad; tharraingeochaidís†; tharraingeochadh siad† / tarraingeoidís‡; tarraingeodh siad‡; tarraingeochaidís†‡; tarraingeochadh siad†‡	a tharraingeodh; a tharraingeochadh†	tharraingeofaí; tharraingeochtha토/ tarraingeofaí‡; tarraingeochtha톇
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go dtarraingí mé; go dtarraingíod†	go dtarraingí tú; go dtarraingír†	go dtarraingí sé, sí	go dtarraingímid; go dtarraingí muid	go dtarraingí sibh	go dtarraingí siad; go dtarraingíd†	—	go dtarraingítear
past	dá dtarraingínn	dá dtarraingíteá	dá dtarraingíodh sé, sí	dá dtarraingímis; dá dtarraingíodh muid	dá dtarraingíodh sibh	dá dtarraingídís; dá dtarraingíodh siad	—	dá dtarraingítí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	tarraingím	tarraing	tarraingíodh sé, sí	tarraingímis	tarraingígí; tarraingídh†	tarraingídís	—	tarraingítear
past participle	tarraingthe
verbal noun	tarraingt

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

• aistarraing (“to withdraw”)
• imtharraing (“to attract, interattract; gravitate”)
• tarraing chuig (“to take up; get hold of”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tarraing.

Noun

tarraing f (genitive singular tarraingthe, nominative plural tarraingtí)

1. (nonstandard) alternative form of tarraingt

Mutation

Mutated forms of tarraing

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tarraing	tharraing	dtarraing

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

Further reading

• A. Palandri, Ú. Bhreathnach, M. Měchura, G. Ó Cleircín, and B. Ó Raghallaigh, (2026), “tarraing”, in Taisce Chanúintí na Gaeilge - Repository of Irish Dialects‎^[3] (in Irish and English), Dublin City University
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tarraing”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, pages 1179–1180; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tarraingim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, pages 1180–1181; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tarraing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tarngid, from a prototonic form of Old Irish do·srenga.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰarˠikʲ/
• (Southern Hebridean) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰarˠiɲ/

Verb

tarraing (past tharraing, future tàirnidh, verbal noun tarraing, past participle tarraingte)

1. draw, pull, drag, heave
2. draw (breath, beer, etc.)
3. draw (picture)
4. attract (person, magnet, etc.)
5. distil (spirits)
6. extract
7. infuse, steep (tea, etc.)

Synonyms

• slaod

Derived terms

• tarraing à
• tarraingeach

Noun

tarraing f (genitive singular tarrainge or tàirgne, plural tarraingean or tàirgnean)

1. verbal noun of tarraing
2. drawing, pulling, dragging
3. draught, gulp
4. attraction
5. traction
6. halyard

Mutation

Mutation of tarraing

radical	lenition
tarraing	tharraing

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), “tarraing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·srenga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language