craobh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb

Noun

craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, nominative plural craobhacha)

1. branch (of a tree, of an organization)
2. win, victory, championship (in sport)

Declension

Declension of craobh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative craobh craobhacha Vocative a chraobh a chraobhacha Genitive craoibhe craobhacha Dative craobh craobhacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chraobh na craobhacha Genitive na craoibhe na gcraobhacha Dative leis an gcraobh don chraobh leis na craobhacha

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• craobhóg f, craobhán m (“small branch, twig; sprig, spray”)
• cluiche craoibhe m (“final, championship (game)”)
• sú craobh f (“raspberry”)

Related terms

• craobhach m (“branches”)
• craobhach (“branched, branching”, adj)

References

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb.

Noun

craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, plural craobhan)

1. tree

Derived terms

• craobh shìor-ghorm f (“evergreen tree”)
• craobh-chuilinn f (“holly tree”)
• craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f (“horse chestnut tree”)
• craobh-geanmchno f (“chestnut tree”)
• craobh-mheas f, meas-chraobh 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”)
• sùbh-craoibh f (“raspberry”)

 

Verb

craobh (past chraobh, future craobhaidh, verbal noun craobhadh, past participle craobhte)

1. branch out, sprout, bud

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
craobh	chraobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “craobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 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