preab

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish prep (“a bounce, start”).^[1] The verb, which is not attested before Early Modern Irish, is from the noun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʲɾʲabˠ/^[2]

Noun

preab f (genitive singular preibe, nominative plural preaba)

start
bounce, hop (of ball)
throb, twitch
kick

Declension

Declension of preab (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	preab	preaba
vocative	a phreab	a phreaba
genitive	preibe	preab
dative	preab preib (archaic, dialectal)	preaba

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an phreab	na preaba
genitive	na preibe	na bpreab
dative	leis an bpreab leis an bpreib (archaic, dialectal) don phreab don phreib (archaic, dialectal)	leis na preaba

Derived terms

athphreab f (“rebound”)
de phreab

Verb

preab (present analytic preabann, future analytic preabfaidh, verbal noun preabadh, past participle preabtha) (intransitive)

to start, spring, jump
to bounce, hop (of a ball)
to throb, twitch

Conjugation

Conjugation of *preab* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	preabaim	preabann tú; preabair^†	preabann sé, sí	preabaimid; preabann muid	preabann sibh	preabann siad; preabaid^†	a phreabann; a phreabas	preabtar
past	phreab mé; phreabas	phreab tú; phreabais	phreab sé, sí	phreabamar; phreab muid	phreab sibh; phreababhair	phreab siad; phreabadar	a phreab	preabadh
past habitual	phreabainn / preabainn^‡	phreabtá / preabtá^‡	phreabadh sé, sí / preabadh sé, sí^‡	phreabaimis; phreabadh muid / preabaimis^‡; preabadh muid^‡	phreabadh sibh / preabadh sibh^‡	phreabaidís; phreabadh siad / preabaidís^‡; preabadh siad^‡	a phreabadh	phreabtaí / preabtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	preabfaidh mé; preabfad	preabfaidh tú; preabfair^†	preabfaidh sé, sí	preabfaimid; preabfaidh muid	preabfaidh sibh	preabfaidh siad; preabfaid^†	a phreabfaidh; a phreabfas	preabfar
conditional	phreabfainn / preabfainn^‡	phreabfá / preabfá^‡	phreabfadh sé, sí / preabfadh sé, sí^‡	phreabfaimis; phreabfadh muid / preabfaimis^‡; preabfadh muid^‡	phreabfadh sibh / preabfadh sibh^‡	phreabfaidís; phreabfadh siad / preabfaidís^‡; preabfadh siad^‡	a phreabfadh	phreabfaí / preabfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	preabaim	preab	preabadh sé, sí	preabaimis	preabaigí; preabaidh^†	preabaidís	—	preabtar

past participle	preabtha

verbal noun	preabadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

athphreab (“rebound”, verb)
preabaire m (“hopper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *preab*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
preab	phreab	bpreab

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prep”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 110

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Etymology

Pronunciation

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Derived terms

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

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