preab

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative preab preaba
Vocative a phreab a phreaba
Genitive preibe preab
Dative preab preaba

Forms with the definite article

Case 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)

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

Conjugation

conjugation of preab (first conjugation – A)
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*; a bpreabas* 		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*; a bpreabfas* 		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
verbal noun preabadh
past participle preabtha

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
preab phreab bpreab
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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