Etymology
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From Middle Irish prep (“a bounce, start”). The verb, which is not attested before Early Modern Irish, is from the noun.
Pronunciation
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preab f (genitive singular preibe, nominative plural preaba)
- start, bound
- bounce, hop (of ball)
- throb, twitch
- kick
- sod turned by spade, spadeful of earth
- dash, spirit
Declension
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Derived terms
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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
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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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preabaim
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preabann tú; preabair†
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preabann sé, sí
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preabaimid
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preabann sibh
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preabann siad; preabaid†
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a phreabann; a phreabas / a bpreabann*; a bpreabas*
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preabtar
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past
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phreab mé; phreabas
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phreab tú; phreabais
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phreab sé, sí
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phreabamar; phreab muid
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phreab sibh; phreababhair
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phreab siad; phreabadar
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a phreab / ar phreab*
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preabadh
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past habitual
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phreabainn / bpreabainn‡‡
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phreabtá / bpreabtᇇ
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phreabadh sé, sí / bpreabadh sé, s퇇
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phreabaimis; phreabadh muid / bpreabaimis‡‡; bpreabadh muid‡‡
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phreabadh sibh / bpreabadh sibh‡‡
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phreabaidís; phreabadh siad / bpreabaidís‡‡; bpreabadh siad‡‡
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a phreabadh / a bpreabadh*
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phreabtaí / bpreabta퇇
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future
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preabfaidh mé; preabfad
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preabfaidh tú; preabfair†
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preabfaidh sé, sí
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preabfaimid; preabfaidh muid
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preabfaidh sibh
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preabfaidh siad; preabfaid†
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a phreabfaidh; a phreabfas / a bpreabfaidh*; a bpreabfas*
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preabfar
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conditional
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phreabfainn / bpreabfainn‡‡
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phreabfá / bpreabfᇇ
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phreabfadh sé, sí / bpreabfadh sé, s퇇
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phreabfaimis; phreabfadh muid / bpreabfaimis‡‡; bpreabfadh muid‡‡
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phreabfadh sibh / bpreabfadh sibh‡‡
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phreabfaidís; phreabfadh siad / bpreabfaidís‡‡; bpreabfadh siad‡‡
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a phreabfadh / a bpreabfadh*
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phreabfaí / bpreabfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go bpreaba mé; go bpreabad†
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go bpreaba tú; go bpreabair†
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go bpreaba sé, sí
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go bpreabaimid; go bpreaba muid
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go bpreaba sibh
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go bpreaba siad; go bpreabaid†
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—
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go bpreabtar
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past
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dá bpreabainn
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dá bpreabtá
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dá bpreabadh sé, sí
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dá bpreabaimis; dá bpreabadh muid
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dá bpreabadh sibh
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dá bpreabaidís; dá bpreabadh siad
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dá bpreabtaí
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imperative
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preabaim
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preab
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preabadh sé, sí
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preabaimis
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preabaigí; preabaidh†
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preabaidís
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preabtar
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verbal noun
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preabadh
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past participle
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preabtha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
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Mutation
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Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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preab
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phreab
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bpreab
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
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- 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.