preabaire

Irish

Etymology

preab +‎ -aire

Noun

preabaire m (genitive singular preabaire, nominative plural preabairí)

1. bouncing, dashing person
2. (zoology) springtail

Declension

Declension of preabaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative preabaire preabairí vocative a phreabaire a phreabairí genitive preabaire preabairí dative preabaire preabairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an preabaire na preabairí genitive an phreabaire na bpreabairí dative leis an bpreabaire don phreabaire leis na preabairí

Derived terms

• preabaire duilleog m (“leaf-hopper”)
• preabaire na mbánta m (“magpie”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of preabaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
preabaire	phreabaire	bpreabaire

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

Further reading

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