treabh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲavˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲəu/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲoː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish treb (“farm, homestead”). 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)

1. house, homestead, farmstead
2. household, family; tribe, race

Declension

Declension of treabh (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative treabh treibheanna vocative a threabh a threibheanna genitive treibhe treibheanna dative treabh treibheanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an treabh na treibheanna genitive na treibhe na dtreibheanna dative leis an treabh don treabh leis na treibheanna

Related terms

• treabhchas

Etymology 2

From Old Irish trebaid (“to inhabit, plough”), from treb (“house, farm, homestead”).

Verb

treabh (present analytic treabhann, future analytic treabhfaidh, verbal noun treabhadh, past participle treafa)

1. (ambitransitive) to plough, to plough through

Conjugation

Conjugation of treabh (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	treabhaim	treabhann tú; treabhair†	treabhann sé, sí	treabhaimid; treabhann muid	treabhann sibh	treabhann siad; treabhaid†	a threabhann; a threabhas	treabhtar
past	threabh mé; threabhas	threabh tú; threabhais	threabh sé, sí	threabhamar; threabh muid	threabh sibh; threabhabhair	threabh siad; threabhadar	a threabh	treabhadh
past habitual	threabhainn / treabhainn‡	threabhtá / treabhtá‡	threabhadh sé, sí / treabhadh sé, sí‡	threabhaimis; threabhadh muid / treabhaimis‡; treabhadh muid‡	threabhadh sibh / treabhadh sibh‡	threabhaidís; threabhadh siad / treabhaidís‡; treabhadh siad‡	a threabhadh	threabhtaí / treabhtaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	treabhfaidh mé; treabhfad	treabhfaidh tú; treabhfair†	treabhfaidh sé, sí	treabhfaimid; treabhfaidh muid	treabhfaidh sibh	treabhfaidh siad; treabhfaid†	a threabhfaidh; a threabhfas	treabhfar
conditional	threabhfainn / treabhfainn‡	threabhfá / treabhfá‡	threabhfadh sé, sí / treabhfadh sé, sí‡	threabhfaimis; threabhfadh muid / treabhfaimis‡; treabhfadh muid‡	threabhfadh sibh / treabhfadh sibh‡	threabhfaidís; threabhfadh siad / treabhfaidís‡; treabhfadh siad‡	a threabhfadh	threabhfaí / treabhfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	treabhaim	treabh	treabhadh sé, sí	treabhaimis	treabhaigí; treabhaidh†	treabhaidís	—	treabhtar
past participle	treafa
verbal noun	treabhadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

• Alternative past participle: treabhaite

Derived terms

• treabhaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of treabh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
treabh	threabh	dtreabh

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “treaḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1243; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “treaḃaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1244; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “treabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɾo/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish treb (“farm, homestead”). Cognate to Welsh tref (“town; home”).

Noun

treabh m (genitive singular treibh, plural treabhan)

1. farming village

Etymology 2

From Old Irish trebaid (“to inhabit, plough”), from treb (“house, farm, homestead”).

Verb

treabh (past threabh, future treabhaidh, verbal noun treabhadh, past participle treabhta)

1. to plough, to plough through

Derived terms

• dubh-threabha (“mole”)
• treabhach
• treabhachail
• treabhachas
• treabhachd
• treabhadair
• treabhagan
• treabhaiche
• treabhaidh
• treabhair

Mutation

Mutation of treabh

radical	lenition
treabh	threabh

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “treabh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “treabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN