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preab
preab
Irish
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
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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)
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 | phreabtá | phreabadh sé, sí | phreabaimis; phreabadh muid | phreabadh sibh | phreabaidís; phreabadh siad | a phreabadh / ar phreabadh* |
phreabtaí | |
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 | phreabfá | phreabfadh sé, sí | phreabfaimis; phreabfadh muid | phreabfadh sibh | phreabfaidís; phreabfadh siad | a phreabfadh / ar phreabfadh* |
phreabfaí | |
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
† Dialect form
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. |
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.