# craobh
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb, perhaps originally “splittable”, in which case from the root of criathar (“sieve”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /kɾˠiːvˠ/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /kɾˠiːw/

### Noun

craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, nominative plural craobhacha)
* branch (of a tree, of an organization)
* win, victory, championship (in sport)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
craobh
craobhacha
vocative
a chraobh
a chraobhacha
genitive
craoibhe
craobhacha
dative
craobh craoibh (archaic, dialectal)
craobhacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chraobh
na craobhacha
genitive
na craoibhe
na gcraobhacha
dative
leis an gcraobh leis an gcraoibh (archaic, dialectal) don chraobh don chraoibh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na craobhacha :
* Alternative genitive singular: craobha
* Alternative nominative plural: craobha

#### Synonyms

* (branch): géag, brainse
* (win): bua

#### Derived terms

* An Chraobh Dhearg
* An Chraobh Rua
* cluiche craoibhe m (“final, championship (game)”)
* craobh fhiáin f (“wayfaring tree”)
* craobhán m (“small branch, twig”)
* craobhóg f (“small branch, twig”)
* sú craobh f (“raspberry”)

#### Related terms

* craobhach m (“branches”)
* craobhach (“branched, branching”, adjective)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craobh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “craoḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish cráeb. Cognates include Irish craobh.
Perhaps originally from the root of criathar (“to sieve”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰɾɯːv/
* Hyphenation: craobh

### Noun

craobh f
* tree

#### Declension

$^✝$ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
* Alternative genitive singular: craoibheadh

#### Derived terms

* craobh shìor-ghorm f (“evergreen tree”)
* craobh-chuilinn f (“holly tree”)
* craobh-geanmchno f (“chestnut tree”)
* craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f (“horse chestnut tree”)
* craobh-mheas f (“fruit tree”)
* craobh-shloinntearachd f (“family tree”)
* craobh-ubhail f (“apple tree”)
* fàinne-chraoibhe f (“tree ring”)
* gealbhonn nan craobh (“tree sparrow”)
* leòmhann-chraobh m (“griffin”)
* meas-chraobh f (“fruit tree”)
* sùbh-craoibh f (“raspberry”)

### Verb

craobh
* (intransitive) branch out, sprout, bud

#### Conjugation
### Mutation

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

### References

* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craobh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
* Edward Dwelly (1911) “craobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Colin Mark (2003) “craobh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 175