# preab
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish prep (“a bounce, start”). The verb, which is not attested before Early Modern Irish, is from the noun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʲɾʲabˠ/

### Noun

preab f (genitive singular preibe, nominative plural preaba)
* start, bound
* bounce, hop (of ball)
* throb, twitch
* kick
* sod turned by spade, spadeful of earth
* dash, spirit

#### Declension

Second declension

#### Derived terms

* athphreab f (“rebound”)

### Verb

preab (present analytic preabann, future analytic preabfaidh, verbal noun preabadh, past participle preabtha) (intransitive)
* start, spring, jump
* bounce, hop (of a ball)
* throb, twitch

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | preabaim | preabann tú; preabair$^†$ | preabann sé, sí | preabaimid | preabann sibh | preabann siad; preabaid$^†$ | a phreabann; a phreabas / a bpreabann* | preabtar |
| indicative | past | phreab mé; phreabas | phreab tú; phreabais | phreab sé, sí | phreabamar; phreab muid | phreab sibh; phreababhair | phreab siad; phreabadar | a phreab / ar phreab* | preabadh |
| indicative | past habitual | phreabainn / bpreabainn‡‡ | phreabtá / bpreabtá‡‡ | phreabadh sé, sí / bpreabadh sé, sí‡‡ | phreabaimis; phreabadh muid / bpreabaimis‡‡; bpreabadh muid‡‡ | phreabadh sibh / bpreabadh sibh‡‡ | phreabaidís; phreabadh siad / bpreabaidís‡‡; bpreabadh siad‡‡ | a phreabadh / a bpreabadh* | phreabtaí / bpreabtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | preabfaidh mé; preabfad | preabfaidh tú; preabfair$^†$ | preabfaidh sé, sí | preabfaimid; preabfaidh muid | preabfaidh sibh | preabfaidh siad; preabfaid$^†$ | a phreabfaidh; a phreabfas / a bpreabfaidh* | preabfar |
| conditional | conditional | phreabfainn / bpreabfainn‡‡ | phreabfá / bpreabfá‡‡ | phreabfadh sé, sí / bpreabfadh sé, sí‡‡ | phreabfaimis; phreabfadh muid / bpreabfaimis‡‡; bpreabfadh muid‡‡ | phreabfadh sibh / bpreabfadh sibh‡‡ | phreabfaidís; phreabfadh siad / bpreabfaidís‡‡; bpreabfadh siad‡‡ | a phreabfadh / a bpreabfadh* | phreabfaí / bpreabfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go bpreaba mé; go bpreabad$^†$ | go bpreaba tú; go bpreabair$^†$ | go bpreaba sé, sí | go bpreabaimid; go bpreaba muid | go bpreaba sibh | go bpreaba siad; go bpreabaid$^†$ | — | go bpreabtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá bpreabainn | dá bpreabtá | dá bpreabadh sé, sí | dá bpreabaimis; dá bpreabadh muid | dá bpreabadh sibh | dá bpreabaidís; dá bpreabadh siad | — | dá bpreabtaí |
| imperative | imperative | preabaim | preab | preabadh sé, sí | preabaimis | preabaigí; preabaidh$^†$ | preabaidís | — | preabtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | preabadh | preabadh | preabadh | preabadh | preabadh | preabadh | preabadh | preabadh |
| past participle | past participle | preabtha | preabtha | preabtha | preabtha | preabtha | preabtha | preabtha | preabtha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* athphreab (“rebound”, verb)
* preabaire m (“hopper”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prep”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 110

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “preab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “preab”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “preab”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024