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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish aurgabaid, from Old Irish ar·gaib. By surface analysis, ur- (“before”) + gabh (“take”).
Pronunciation
Verb
urghabh (present analytic urghabhann, future analytic urghabhfaidh, verbal noun urghabháil, past participle urghafa)
- (transitive, law) seize
- Synonyms: gabh, tóg
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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urghabhaim
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urghabhann tú; urghabhair†
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urghabhann sé, sí
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urghabhaimid
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urghabhann sibh
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urghabhann siad; urghabhaid†
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a urghabhann; a urghabhas / a n-urghabhann*
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urghabhtar
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past
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d'urghabh mé; d'urghabhas / urghabh mé‡; urghabhas‡
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d'urghabh tú; d'urghabhais / urghabh tú; urghabhais‡
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d'urghabh sé, sí / urghabh sé, sí‡
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d'urghabhamar; d'urghabh muid / urghabhamar; urghabh muid‡
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d'urghabh sibh; d'urghabhabhair / urghabh sibh; urghabhabhair‡
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d'urghabh siad; d'urghabhadar / urghabh siad; urghabhadar‡
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a d'urghabh / ar urghabh*
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urghabhadh; hurghabhadh†
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past habitual
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d'urghabhainn / urghabhainn‡; n-urghabhainn‡‡
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d'urghabhtá / urghabhtá‡; n-urghabhtᇇ
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d'urghabhadh sé, sí / urghabhadh sé, sí‡; n-urghabhadh sé, s퇇
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d'urghabhaimis; d'urghabhadh muid / urghabhaimis; urghabhadh muid‡; n-urghabhaimis‡‡; n-urghabhadh muid‡‡
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d'urghabhadh sibh / urghabhadh sibh‡; n-urghabhadh sibh‡‡
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d'urghabhaidís; d'urghabhadh siad / urghabhaidís; urghabhadh siad‡; n-urghabhaidís‡‡; n-urghabhadh siad‡‡
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a d'urghabhadh / a n-urghabhadh*
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d'urghabhtaí / urghabhtaí‡; n-urghabhta퇇
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future
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urghabhfaidh mé; urghabhfad
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urghabhfaidh tú; urghabhfair†
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urghabhfaidh sé, sí
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urghabhfaimid; urghabhfaidh muid
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urghabhfaidh sibh
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urghabhfaidh siad; urghabhfaid†
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a urghabhfaidh; a urghabhfas / a n-urghabhfaidh*
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urghabhfar
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conditional
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d'urghabhfainn / urghabhfainn‡; n-urghabhfainn‡‡
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d'urghabhfá / urghabhfá‡; n-urghabhfᇇ
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d'urghabhfadh sé, sí / urghabhfadh sé, sí‡; n-urghabhfadh sé, s퇇
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d'urghabhfaimis; d'urghabhfadh muid / urghabhfaimis‡; urghabhfadh muid‡; n-urghabhfaimis‡‡; n-urghabhfadh muid‡‡
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d'urghabhfadh sibh / urghabhfadh sibh‡; n-urghabhfadh sibh‡‡
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d'urghabhfaidís; d'urghabhfadh siad / urghabhfaidís‡; urghabhfadh siad‡; n-urghabhfaidís‡‡; n-urghabhfadh siad‡‡
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a d'urghabhfadh / a n-urghabhfadh*
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d'urghabhfaí / urghabhfaí‡; n-urghabhfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go n-urghabha mé; go n-urghabhad†
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go n-urghabha tú; go n-urghabhair†
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go n-urghabha sé, sí
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go n-urghabhaimid; go n-urghabha muid
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go n-urghabha sibh
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go n-urghabha siad; go n-urghabhaid†
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—
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go n-urghabhtar
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past
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dá n-urghabhainn
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dá n-urghabhtá
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dá n-urghabhadh sé, sí
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dá n-urghabhaimis; dá n-urghabhadh muid
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dá n-urghabhadh sibh
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dá n-urghabhaidís; dá n-urghabhadh siad
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—
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dá n-urghabhtaí
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imperative
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urghabhaim
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urghabh
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urghabhadh sé, sí
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urghabhaimis
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urghabhaigí; urghabhaidh†
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urghabhaidís
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—
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urghabhtar
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verbal noun
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urghabháil
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past participle
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urghafa
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urghabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “seize”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “urghabh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ar-gaib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language