urghabh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aurgabaid, from Old Irish ar·gaib. By surface analysis, ur- (“before”) +‎ gabh (“take”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʊɾˠˈɣavʲ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʊɾˠɣəu/

Verb

urghabh (present analytic urghabhann, future analytic urghabhfaidh, verbal noun urghabháil, past participle urghafa)

(transitive, law) seize
Synonyms: gabh, tóg

Conjugation

Conjugation of *urghabh* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	urghabhaim	urghabhann tú; urghabhair^†	urghabhann sé, sí	urghabhaimid; urghabhann muid	urghabhann sibh	urghabhann siad; urghabhaid^†	a urghabhann; a urghabhas	urghabhtar
past	d'urghabh mé; d'urghabhas / urghabh mé^‡; urghabhas^‡	d'urghabh tú; d'urghabhais / urghabh tú^‡; urghabhais^‡	d'urghabh sé, sí / urghabh sé, sí^‡	d'urghabhamar; d'urghabh muid / urghabhamar^‡; urghabh muid^‡	d'urghabh sibh; d'urghabhabhair / urghabh sibh^‡; urghabhabhair^‡	d'urghabh siad; d'urghabhadar / urghabh siad^‡; urghabhadar^‡	a d'urghabh	urghabhadh; hurghabhadh^†
past habitual	d'urghabhainn / urghabhainn^‡	d'urghabhtá / urghabhtá^‡	d'urghabhadh sé, sí / urghabhadh sé, sí^‡	d'urghabhaimis; d'urghabhadh muid / urghabhaimis^‡; urghabhadh muid^‡	d'urghabhadh sibh / urghabhadh sibh^‡	d'urghabhaidís; d'urghabhadh siad / urghabhaidís^‡; urghabhadh siad^‡	a d'urghabhadh	d'urghabhtaí / urghabhtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	urghabhfaidh mé; urghabhfad	urghabhfaidh tú; urghabhfair^†	urghabhfaidh sé, sí	urghabhfaimid; urghabhfaidh muid	urghabhfaidh sibh	urghabhfaidh siad; urghabhfaid^†	a urghabhfaidh; a urghabhfas	urghabhfar
conditional	d'urghabhfainn / urghabhfainn^‡	d'urghabhfá / urghabhfá^‡	d'urghabhfadh sé, sí / urghabhfadh sé, sí^‡	d'urghabhfaimis; d'urghabhfadh muid / urghabhfaimis^‡; urghabhfadh muid^‡	d'urghabhfadh sibh / urghabhfadh sibh^‡	d'urghabhfaidís; d'urghabhfadh siad / urghabhfaidís^‡; urghabhfadh siad^‡	a d'urghabhfadh	d'urghabhfaí / urghabhfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go n-urghabha mé; go n-urghabhad^†	go n-urghabha tú; go n-urghabhair^†	go n-urghabha sé, sí	go n-urghabhaimid; go n-urghabha muid	go n-urghabha sibh	go n-urghabha siad; go n-urghabhaid^†	—	go n-urghabhtar
past	dá n-urghabhainn	dá n-urghabhtá	dá n-urghabhadh sé, sí	dá n-urghabhaimis; dá n-urghabhadh muid	dá n-urghabhadh sibh	dá n-urghabhaidís; dá n-urghabhadh siad	—	dá n-urghabhtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	urghabhaim	urghabh	urghabhadh sé, sí	urghabhaimis	urghabhaigí; urghabhaidh^†	urghabhaidís	—	urghabhtar

past participle	urghafa

verbal noun	urghabháil

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *urghabh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urghabh	n-urghabh	hurghabh	not applicable

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