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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative treabh treibheanna
Vocative a threabh a threibheanna
Genitive treibhe treibheanna
Dative treabh treibheanna

Forms with the definite article

Case 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. (transitive, intransitive) to plough, to plough through
Conjugation
conjugation of treabh (first conjugation – A)
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*; a dtreabhas*		 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*; a dtreabhfas*		 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
verbal noun treabhadh
past participle treafa

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

Derived terms
  • treabhaire

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
treabh threabh dtreabh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “treb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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