treabh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲavˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲəu/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲoː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish treb (“house, farm, homestead, tribe”). Cognate to Welsh tref (“town; home”). The meaning “tribe” is perhaps due to influence from Latin tribus.

Noun

treabh f (genitive singular treibhe, nominative plural treibheanna)

1. house, homestead, farmstead
2. household, family; tribe, race

Declension

Declension of treabh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative treabh treibheanna Vocative a threabh a threibheanna Genitive treibhe treibheanna Dative treabh treibheanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an treabh na treibheanna Genitive na treibhe na dtreibheanna Dative leis an treabh don treabh leis na treibheanna

Related terms

• treabhchas

Etymology 2

From Old Irish trebaid (“to occupy, inhabit; cultivate, plough”), from treb (“house, farm, homestead”).

Verb

treabh (present analytic treabhann, future analytic treabhfaidh, verbal noun treabhadh, past participle treafa)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to plough, to plough through

Conjugation

conjugation of treabh (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	treabhaim	treabhann tú; treabhair†	treabhann sé, sí	treabhaimid	treabhann sibh	treabhann siad; treabhaid†	a threabhann; a threabhas / a dtreabhann*; a dtreabhas*	treabhtar
	past	threabh mé; threabhas	threabh tú; threabhais	threabh sé, sí	threabhamar; threabh muid	threabh sibh; threabhabhair	threabh siad; threabhadar	a threabh / ar threabh*	treabhadh
	past habitual	threabhainn / dtreabhainn‡‡	threabhtá / dtreabhtᇇ	threabhadh sé, sí / dtreabhadh sé, s퇇	threabhaimis; threabhadh muid / dtreabhaimis‡‡; dtreabhadh muid‡‡	threabhadh sibh / dtreabhadh sibh‡‡	threabhaidís; threabhadh siad / dtreabhaidís‡‡; dtreabhadh siad‡‡	a threabhadh / a dtreabhadh*	threabhtaí / dtreabhta퇇
future		treabhfaidh mé; treabhfad	treabhfaidh tú; treabhfair†	treabhfaidh sé, sí	treabhfaimid; treabhfaidh muid	treabhfaidh sibh	treabhfaidh siad; treabhfaid†	a threabhfaidh; a threabhfas / a dtreabhfaidh*; a dtreabhfas*	treabhfar
conditional		threabhfainn / dtreabhfainn‡‡	threabhfá / dtreabhfᇇ	threabhfadh sé, sí / dtreabhfadh sé, s퇇	threabhfaimis; threabhfadh muid / dtreabhfaimis‡‡; dtreabhfadh muid‡‡	threabhfadh sibh / dtreabhfadh sibh‡‡	threabhfaidís; threabhfadh siad / dtreabhfaidís‡‡; dtreabhfadh siad‡‡	a threabhfadh / a dtreabhfadh*	threabhfaí / dtreabhfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtreabha mé; go dtreabhad†	go dtreabha tú; go dtreabhair†	go dtreabha sé, sí	go dtreabhaimid; go dtreabha muid	go dtreabha sibh	go dtreabha siad; go dtreabhaid†	—	go dtreabhtar
	past	dá dtreabhainn	dá dtreabhtá	dá dtreabhadh sé, sí	dá dtreabhaimis; dá dtreabhadh muid	dá dtreabhadh sibh	dá dtreabhaidís; dá dtreabhadh siad	—	dá dtreabhtaí
imperative		treabhaim	treabh	treabhadh sé, sí	treabhaimis	treabhaigí; treabhaidh†	treabhaidís	—	treabhtar
verbal noun		treabhadh
past participle		treafa

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

• Alternative past participle: treabhaite

Derived terms

• treabhaire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
treabh	threabh	dtreabh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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