preabaire

Irish

Etymology

preab +‎ -aire

Noun

preabaire m (genitive singular preabaire, nominative plural preabairí)

1. bouncing, dashing person
2. (zoology) springtail

Declension

Declension of preabaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative preabaire preabairí Vocative a phreabaire a phreabairí Genitive preabaire preabairí Dative preabaire preabairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an preabaire na preabairí Genitive an phreabaire na bpreabairí Dative leis an bpreabaire don phreabaire leis na preabairí

Derived terms

• preabaire duilleog m (“leaf-hopper”)
• preabaire na mbánta m (“magpie”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
preabaire	phreabaire	bpreabaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “preabaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN