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preab

preab

Irish

Noun

preab f (genitive singular preibe, nominative plural preaba)

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

Declension

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

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.

References

  • "preab" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • prep” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.