dreap

English

Verb

dreap (third-person singular simple present dreaps, present participle dreaping, simple past and past participle dreaped)

1. Alternative form of dreep

Anagrams

• Padre, drape, padre, pared, raped, repad

Irish

Etymology

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Verb

dreap (present analytic dreapann, future analytic dreapfaidh, verbal noun dreapadh, past participle dreaptha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) climb

Conjugation

conjugation of dreap (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dreapaim	dreapann tú; dreapair†	dreapann sé, sí	dreapaimid	dreapann sibh	dreapann siad; dreapaid†	a dhreapann; a dhreapas / a ndreapann*; a ndreapas*	dreaptar
	past	dhreap mé; dhreapas	dhreap tú; dhreapais	dhreap sé, sí	dhreapamar; dhreap muid	dhreap sibh; dhreapabhair	dhreap siad; dhreapadar	a dhreap / ar dhreap*	dreapadh
	past habitual	dhreapainn / ndreapainn‡‡	dhreaptá / ndreaptᇇ	dhreapadh sé, sí / ndreapadh sé, s퇇	dhreapaimis; dhreapadh muid / ndreapaimis‡‡; ndreapadh muid‡‡	dhreapadh sibh / ndreapadh sibh‡‡	dhreapaidís; dhreapadh siad / ndreapaidís‡‡; ndreapadh siad‡‡	a dhreapadh / a ndreapadh*	dhreaptaí / ndreapta퇇
future		dreapfaidh mé; dreapfad	dreapfaidh tú; dreapfair†	dreapfaidh sé, sí	dreapfaimid; dreapfaidh muid	dreapfaidh sibh	dreapfaidh siad; dreapfaid†	a dhreapfaidh; a dhreapfas / a ndreapfaidh*; a ndreapfas*	dreapfar
conditional		dhreapfainn / ndreapfainn‡‡	dhreapfá / ndreapfᇇ	dhreapfadh sé, sí / ndreapfadh sé, s퇇	dhreapfaimis; dhreapfadh muid / ndreapfaimis‡‡; ndreapfadh muid‡‡	dhreapfadh sibh / ndreapfadh sibh‡‡	dhreapfaidís; dhreapfadh siad / ndreapfaidís‡‡; ndreapfadh siad‡‡	a dhreapfadh / a ndreapfadh*	dhreapfaí / ndreapfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndreapa mé; go ndreapad†	go ndreapa tú; go ndreapair†	go ndreapa sé, sí	go ndreapaimid; go ndreapa muid	go ndreapa sibh	go ndreapa siad; go ndreapaid†	—	go ndreaptar
	past	dá ndreapainn	dá ndreaptá	dá ndreapadh sé, sí	dá ndreapaimis; dá ndreapadh muid	dá ndreapadh sibh	dá ndreapaidís; dá ndreapadh siad	—	dá ndreaptaí
imperative		dreapaim	dreap	dreapadh sé, sí	dreapaimis	dreapaigí; dreapaidh†	dreapaidís	—	dreaptar
verbal noun		dreapadh
past participle		dreaptha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dreap	dhreap	ndreap
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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