# treabh
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈtʲɾʲavˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈtʲɾʲəu/
* (Ulster) IPA: /tʲɾʲoː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish treb (“house, farm, homestead, tribe”). 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)
* house, homestead, farmstead
* household, family; tribe, race

##### Declension

Second declension

##### Related terms

* 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)
* (transitive, intransitive) to plough, to plough through

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | treabhaim | treabhann tú; treabhair$^†$ | treabhann sé, sí | treabhaimid | treabhann sibh | treabhann siad; treabhaid$^†$ | a threabhann; a threabhas / a dtreabhann* | treabhtar |
| indicative | past | threabh mé; threabhas | threabh tú; threabhais | threabh sé, sí | threabhamar; threabh muid | threabh sibh; threabhabhair | threabh siad; threabhadar | a threabh / ar threabh* | treabhadh |
| indicative | past habitual | threabhainn / dtreabhainn‡‡ | threabhtá / dtreabhtá‡‡ | threabhadh sé, sí / dtreabhadh sé, sí‡‡ | threabhaimis; threabhadh muid / dtreabhaimis‡‡; dtreabhadh muid‡‡ | threabhadh sibh / dtreabhadh sibh‡‡ | threabhaidís; threabhadh siad / dtreabhaidís‡‡; dtreabhadh siad‡‡ | a threabhadh / a dtreabhadh* | threabhtaí / dtreabhtaí‡‡ |
| future | 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 | conditional | threabhfainn / dtreabhfainn‡‡ | threabhfá / dtreabhfá‡‡ | threabhfadh sé, sí / dtreabhfadh sé, sí‡‡ | threabhfaimis; threabhfadh muid / dtreabhfaimis‡‡; dtreabhfadh muid‡‡ | threabhfadh sibh / dtreabhfadh sibh‡‡ | threabhfaidís; threabhfadh siad / dtreabhfaidís‡‡; dtreabhfadh siad‡‡ | a threabhfadh / a dtreabhfadh* | threabhfaí / dtreabhfaí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | treabhaim | treabh | treabhadh sé, sí | treabhaimis | treabhaigí; treabhaidh$^†$ | treabhaidís | — | treabhtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | treabhadh | treabhadh | treabhadh | treabhadh | treabhadh | treabhadh | treabhadh | treabhadh |
| past participle | past participle | treafa | treafa | treafa | treafa | treafa | treafa | treafa | treafa |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
* Alternative past participle: treabhaite

##### Derived terms

* treabhaire

### References

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “treabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN