sreabh

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sreabh f (genitive singular sreibhe, nominative plural sreabha)

  1. stream
  2. current, flow
  3. trickle; drip, drop
  4. stretch, spell

Declension

Declension of sreabh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sreabh sreabha
vocative a shreabh a shreabha
genitive sreibhe sreabh
dative sreabh
sreibh (archaic, dialectal) 		sreabha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsreabh na sreabha
genitive na sreibhe na sreabh
dative leis an tsreabh
leis an tsreibh (archaic, dialectal)
don tsreabh
don tsreibh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na sreabha

Derived terms

Verb

sreabh (present analytic sreabhann, future analytic sreabhfaidh, verbal noun sreabhadh, past participle sreafa)

  1. (intransitive) stream, flow
    Synonym: snigh

Conjugation

Conjugation of sreabh (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present sreabhaim sreabhann tú;
sreabhair† 		sreabhann sé, sí sreabhaimid; sreabhann muid sreabhann sibh sreabhann siad;
sreabhaid† 		a shreabhann; a shreabhas sreabhtar
past shreabh mé; shreabhas shreabh tú; shreabhais shreabh sé, sí shreabhamar; shreabh muid shreabh sibh; shreabhabhair shreabh siad; shreabhadar a shreabh sreabhadh
past habitual shreabhainn /
sreabhainn‡ 		shreabhtá /
sreabhtᇠ		shreabhadh sé, sí /
sreabhadh sé, sí‡ 		shreabhaimis; shreabhadh muid /
sreabhaimis‡; sreabhadh muid‡ 		shreabhadh sibh /
sreabhadh sibh‡ 		shreabhaidís; shreabhadh siad /
sreabhaidís‡; sreabhadh siad‡ 		a shreabhadh shreabhtaí /
sreabhtaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future sreabhfaidh mé;
sreabhfad 		sreabhfaidh tú;
sreabhfair† 		sreabhfaidh sé, sí sreabhfaimid;
sreabhfaidh muid 		sreabhfaidh sibh sreabhfaidh siad;
sreabhfaid† 		a shreabhfaidh; a shreabhfas sreabhfar
conditional shreabhfainn /
sreabhfainn‡ 		shreabhfá /
sreabhfᇠ		shreabhfadh sé, sí /
sreabhfadh sé, sí‡ 		shreabhfaimis; shreabhfadh muid /
sreabhfaimis‡; sreabhfadh muid‡ 		shreabhfadh sibh /
sreabhfadh sibh‡ 		shreabhfaidís; shreabhfadh siad /
sreabhfaidís‡; sreabhfadh siad‡ 		a shreabhfadh shreabhfaí /
sreabhfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go sreabha mé;
go sreabhad† 		go sreabha tú;
go sreabhair† 		go sreabha sé, sí go sreabhaimid;
go sreabha muid 		go sreabha sibh go sreabha siad;
go sreabhaid† 		— go sreabhtar
past dá sreabhainn dá sreabhtá dá sreabhadh sé, sí dá sreabhaimis;
dá sreabhadh muid 		dá sreabhadh sibh dá sreabhaidís;
dá sreabhadh siad 		— dá sreabhtaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— sreabhaim sreabh sreabhadh sé, sí sreabhaimis sreabhaigí;
sreabhaidh† 		sreabhaidís — sreabhtar
past participle sreafa
verbal noun sreabhadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

  • sreabhach

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreabh
radical lenition eclipsis
sreabh shreabh
after an, tsreabh 		not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sreabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “sreabh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.