preab

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish prep (“a bounce, start”).[1] The verb, which is not attested before Early Modern Irish, is from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʲɾʲabˠ/[2]

Noun

preab f (genitive singular preibe, nominative plural preaba)

  1. start, bound
  2. bounce, hop (of ball)
  3. throb, twitch
  4. kick
  5. sod turned by spade, spadeful of earth
  6. dash, spirit

Declension

Declension of preab (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative preab preaba
vocative a phreab a phreaba
genitive preibe preab
dative preab preaba
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phreab na preaba
genitive na preibe na bpreab
dative leis an bpreab
don phreab 		leis na preaba

Derived terms

Verb

preab (present analytic preabann, future analytic preabfaidh, verbal noun preabadh, past participle preabtha) (intransitive)

  1. to start, spring, jump
  2. to bounce, hop (of a ball)
  3. to throb, twitch

Conjugation

conjugation of preab (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun preabadh
past participle preabtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present preabaim preabann tú;
preabair† 		preabann sé, sí preabaimid preabann sibh preabann siad;
preabaid† 		a phreabann; a phreabas /
a bpreabann* 		preabtar
past phreab mé; phreabas phreab tú; phreabais phreab sé, sí phreabamar; phreab muid phreab sibh; phreababhair phreab siad; phreabadar a phreab /
ar phreab* 		preabadh
past habitual phreabainn / bpreabainn‡‡ phreabtá / bpreabtᇇ phreabadh sé, sí / bpreabadh sé, s퇇 phreabaimis; phreabadh muid / bpreabaimis‡‡; bpreabadh muid‡‡ phreabadh sibh / bpreabadh sibh‡‡ phreabaidís; phreabadh siad / bpreabaidís‡‡; bpreabadh siad‡‡ a phreabadh /
a bpreabadh* 		phreabtaí / bpreabta퇇
future preabfaidh mé;
preabfad 		preabfaidh tú;
preabfair† 		preabfaidh sé, sí preabfaimid;
preabfaidh muid 		preabfaidh sibh preabfaidh siad;
preabfaid† 		a phreabfaidh; a phreabfas /
a bpreabfaidh* 		preabfar
conditional phreabfainn / bpreabfainn‡‡ phreabfá / bpreabfᇇ phreabfadh sé, sí / bpreabfadh sé, s퇇 phreabfaimis; phreabfadh muid / bpreabfaimis‡‡; bpreabfadh muid‡‡ phreabfadh sibh / bpreabfadh sibh‡‡ phreabfaidís; phreabfadh siad / bpreabfaidís‡‡; bpreabfadh siad‡‡ a phreabfadh /
a bpreabfadh* 		phreabfaí / bpreabfa퇇
subjunctive
present go bpreaba mé;
go bpreabad† 		go bpreaba tú;
go bpreabair† 		go bpreaba sé, sí go bpreabaimid;
go bpreaba muid 		go bpreaba sibh go bpreaba siad;
go bpreabaid† 		— go bpreabtar
past dá bpreabainn dá bpreabtá dá bpreabadh sé, sí dá bpreabaimis;
dá bpreabadh muid 		dá bpreabadh sibh dá bpreabaidís;
dá bpreabadh siad 		— dá bpreabtaí
imperative
– preabaim preab preabadh sé, sí preabaimis preabaigí;
preabaidh† 		preabaidís — preabtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of preab
radical lenition eclipsis
preab phreab bpreab

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prep”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 110

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