rabhadh

See also: ràbhadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish robud (“warning”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rabhadh m (genitive singular rabhaidh, nominative plural rabhaidh)

  1. warning, forewarning
  2. caution, warning
    Synonym: foláireamh
  3. (law enforcement) booking
    Synonym: foláireamh
  4. notice
Declension
Declension of rabhadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rabhadh rabhaidh
Vocative a rabhaidh a rabhadha
Genitive rabhaidh rabhadh
Dative rabhadh rabhaidh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rabhadh na rabhaidh
Genitive an rabhaidh na rabhadh
Dative leis an rabhadh

don rabhadh

 leis na rabhaidh
Derived terms
  • bréagrabhadh
  • clog rabhaidh (“tocsin, alarm gong”)
  • focal rabhaidh (“catchword”)
  • rabhadh baoil (“danger-signal”)
  • rabhadh bréige
  • rabhadh buama (“bomb scare”)
  • rabhadh dóiteáin (“fire-alarm”)
  • tine rabhaidh (“beacon, signal-fire”)
  • urchar rabhaidh (“warning shot”)

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

rabhadh

  1. Cois Fharraige form of rabhthas

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish robud (“warning”).

Noun

rabhadh m (genitive singular rabhaidh)

  1. warning, alarm
  2. advice, instruction
  3. advertisement, notice
  4. example, precedent
  5. hint, caution
  6. memento
  7. proclamation

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “rabhadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “robud, robad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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