preab
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish prep (“a bounce, start”). The verb, which is not attested before Early Modern Irish, is from the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʲɾʲabˠ/
Noun
preab f (genitive singular preibe, nominative plural preaba)
- start, bound
- (of ball) bounce, hop
- throb, twitch
- kick
- sod turned by spade, spadeful of earth
- dash, spirit
Declension
Declension of preab
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- athphreab f (“rebound”)
Verb
preab (present analytic preabann, future analytic preabfaidh, verbal noun preabadh, past participle preabtha)
- (intransitive) start, spring, jump
- (intransitive, of ball) bounce, hop
- (intransitive) throb, twitch
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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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
- athphreab (“rebound”, verb)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
preab | phreab | bpreab |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “preab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “prep”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “preab” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “preab” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.