CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCRAIGH
PRESENT
Present
I scraigh
you scraigh
he/she/it scraighs
we scraigh
you scraigh
they scraigh
Present continuous
I am scraighing
you are scraighing
he/she/it is scraighing
we are scraighing
you are scraighing
they are scraighing
Present perfect
I have scraighed
you have scraighed
he/she/it has scraighed
we have scraighed
you have scraighed
they have scraighed
Present perfect continuous
I have been scraighing
you have been scraighing
he/she/it has been scraighing
we have been scraighing
you have been scraighing
they have been scraighing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I scraighed
you scraighed
he/she/it scraighed
we scraighed
you scraighed
they scraighed
Past continuous
I was scraighing
you were scraighing
he/she/it was scraighing
we were scraighing
you were scraighing
they were scraighing
Past perfect
I had scraighed
you had scraighed
he/she/it had scraighed
we had scraighed
you had scraighed
they had scraighed
Past perfect continuous
I had been scraighing
you had been scraighing
he/she/it had been scraighing
we had been scraighing
you had been scraighing
they had been scraighing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will scraigh
you will scraigh
he/she/it will scraigh
we will scraigh
you will scraigh
they will scraigh
Future continuous
I will be scraighing
you will be scraighing
he/she/it will be scraighing
we will be scraighing
you will be scraighing
they will be scraighing
Future perfect
I will have scraighed
you will have scraighed
he/she/it will have scraighed
we will have scraighed
you will have scraighed
they will have scraighed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been scraighing
you will have been scraighing
he/she/it will have been scraighing
we will have been scraighing
you will have been scraighing
they will have been scraighing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would scraigh
you would scraigh
he/she/it would scraigh
we would scraigh
you would scraigh
they would scraigh
Conditional continuous
I would be scraighing
you would be scraighing
he/she/it would be scraighing
we would be scraighing
you would be scraighing
they would be scraighing
Conditional perfect
I would have scraigh
you would have scraigh
he/she/it would have scraigh
we would have scraigh
you would have scraigh
they would have scraigh
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been scraighing
you would have been scraighing
he/she/it would have been scraighing
we would have been scraighing
you would have been scraighing
they would have been scraighing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you scraigh
we let´s scraigh
you scraigh
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
scraighed
Present Participle
scraighing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRAIGH»
Discover the use of
scraigh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scraigh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
SCRAIGH O1 DAY, the first appearance of dawn, Roxb. " We started at the
scraigh o' day, and drove on." Perils of Man, ii.. 264. It is Skreek, S.B. q. v. The
orthography scraigh suggests a false idea as to the meaning and origin of the
term, as if it ...
2
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
SCRAIGH, Scraich, s. A shriek, Gall. V. Skraik. Sciiaighton, " A person fond of
screaming Gall. Encycl. But the ither may go, The auld scraighton sae din [dun],
To the regions below, And display her tan'd skin. Ibid. p. 343. SCRAIGH O1 DAY,
the ...
The auld fallow struggled hard for his life, and made a bauld push for the shore,
but his hour was come—He gied a scraigh, an awsome scraigh, That scaur'd
baith young and auld, And twa black hands down by the heels The gasping
wizard ...
4
A dictionary of the Scottish language [by E. Picken].
Scraigh, v. n. to cry as a hen when displeased. Scraigh, s. such a cry as above.
Scraunky, adj. slender. Scrat, s. a small fish, a disparaging teim to a puny little
child. Screed, v. a. to teap, to rend, see Skreed. Screed, s. a tear, a rent, the noise
, ...
5
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany
The auld fallow struggled hard for his life, and made a bauld push for the shore,
but his hour was come — He gied a scraigh, an awsome scraigh, That scaur'd
baith young and auld, And twa black hands down by the heels The gasping
wizard ...
6
The Psalms: Frae Hebrew Intil Scottis
1 6 rWair a glint o' yer ee on yer loon ; saif me for yer gudeness' sake : 17 O
LORD, 'lat me ne'er hing down, for loud till yerlane I scraigh : lat a' the ill hing
down, 'an' steek their gab i' the graif. 18 "Lat liean lips gang whush, * that carp at
the ...
Peter Hately Waddell, 1871
7
Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language: in which the ...
SCRAIGH, ScKAicn, *. A shriek, Gall. V. Skraik. SCRAIGH O' DAY. The first
appearance of dawn, Roxb. Perils of Man. It Is SkreeJe, 8. B. q. v. The orthogr.
scraigh suggests a false idea to the meaning and origin of the term, as if it
signified the ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
8
Wellerisms in Ireland: towards a corpus from oral and ...
30. scraigh/Divil A 256.1 '"I'll light on you with a scraigh," as the Divil said to the
ould seceder.' scraigh ?<Irish screach= 'or skreagh, a shrill cry or shriek,
especially of a bird. The phrase "scraigh o ' day " is applied to the break of day,
cockcrow' ...
Fionnuala Carson Williams, 2002
9
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Sh.I. To build a small stack 0fcorn in a field. (1.5.) SCREEVY, Sus. Slippery. (
J.L.A.) Sc. (JAIL) A shoe. Cf. scrae, sb.I SCREG, so. Obs. SCREGH. see Screigh,
n. SCREIGH, 1)., sb.' and Sc. Irel. th. Cum. Also in forms ucruich Sc. (JAM);
scraigh ...
10
An appendix to his dramatic works. Contents: the life of the ...
... scraigh, germ. kreise/zen, gr. Icrizein, icel, slcraéki, oldg. Kreide, for fieldcry,
goth. grets. to Screen, to shelter, hide, conceal. H. 3, 4. From the gr. skiran. -.=r
skieron, lowgerm. Scheer, shade, whence Schirm, schifmen, properly to shade,
than ...
William Shakespeare, 1826
