treabh

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish treb (“house, farm, homestead, tribe”).[1] 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
singular plural
nominative treabh treibheanna
vocative a threabh a threibheanna
genitive treibhe treibheanna
dative treabh treibheanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an treabh na treibheanna
genitive na treibhe na dtreibheanna
dative leis an treabh
don treabh 		leis na treibheanna
  • 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. (ambitransitive) to plough, to plough through
Conjugation
conjugation of treabh (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun treabhadh
past participle treafa
tense 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* 		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* 		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

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

Derived terms
  • treabhaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of treabh
radical lenition eclipsis
treabh threabh dtreabh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “treb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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