urghabh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aurgabaid, from Old Irish ar·gaib. By surface analysis, ur- (“before”) +‎ gabh (“take”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʊɾˠˈɣavʲ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʊɾˠɣəu/

Verb

urghabh (present analytic urghabhann, future analytic urghabhfaidh, verbal noun urghabháil, past participle urghafa)

(transitive, law) seize
Synonyms: gabh, tóg

Conjugation

conjugation of urghabh (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	urghabhaim	urghabhann tú; urghabhair^†	urghabhann sé, sí	urghabhaimid	urghabhann sibh	urghabhann siad; urghabhaid^†	a urghabhann; a urghabhas / a n-urghabhann*	urghabhtar
	past	d'urghabh mé; d'urghabhas / urghabh mé‡; urghabhas‡	d'urghabh tú; d'urghabhais / urghabh tú; urghabhais‡	d'urghabh sé, sí / urghabh sé, sí‡	d'urghabhamar; d'urghabh muid / urghabhamar; urghabh muid‡	d'urghabh sibh; d'urghabhabhair / urghabh sibh; urghabhabhair‡	d'urghabh siad; d'urghabhadar / urghabh siad; urghabhadar‡	a d'urghabh / ar urghabh*	urghabhadh; hurghabhadh^†
	past habitual	d'urghabhainn / urghabhainn‡; n-urghabhainn‡‡	d'urghabhtá / urghabhtá‡; n-urghabhtá‡‡	d'urghabhadh sé, sí / urghabhadh sé, sí‡; n-urghabhadh sé, sí‡‡	d'urghabhaimis; d'urghabhadh muid / urghabhaimis; urghabhadh muid‡; n-urghabhaimis‡‡; n-urghabhadh muid‡‡	d'urghabhadh sibh / urghabhadh sibh‡; n-urghabhadh sibh‡‡	d'urghabhaidís; d'urghabhadh siad / urghabhaidís; urghabhadh siad‡; n-urghabhaidís‡‡; n-urghabhadh siad‡‡	a d'urghabhadh / a n-urghabhadh*	d'urghabhtaí / urghabhtaí‡; n-urghabhtaí‡‡
future		urghabhfaidh mé; urghabhfad	urghabhfaidh tú; urghabhfair^†	urghabhfaidh sé, sí	urghabhfaimid; urghabhfaidh muid	urghabhfaidh sibh	urghabhfaidh siad; urghabhfaid^†	a urghabhfaidh; a urghabhfas / a n-urghabhfaidh*	urghabhfar
conditional		d'urghabhfainn / urghabhfainn‡; n-urghabhfainn‡‡	d'urghabhfá / urghabhfá‡; n-urghabhfá‡‡	d'urghabhfadh sé, sí / urghabhfadh sé, sí‡; n-urghabhfadh sé, sí‡‡	d'urghabhfaimis; d'urghabhfadh muid / urghabhfaimis‡; urghabhfadh muid‡; n-urghabhfaimis‡‡; n-urghabhfadh muid‡‡	d'urghabhfadh sibh / urghabhfadh sibh‡; n-urghabhfadh sibh‡‡	d'urghabhfaidís; d'urghabhfadh siad / urghabhfaidís‡; urghabhfadh siad‡; n-urghabhfaidís‡‡; n-urghabhfadh siad‡‡	a d'urghabhfadh / a n-urghabhfadh*	d'urghabhfaí / urghabhfaí‡; n-urghabhfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go n-urghabha mé; go n-urghabhad^†	go n-urghabha tú; go n-urghabhair^†	go n-urghabha sé, sí	go n-urghabhaimid; go n-urghabha muid	go n-urghabha sibh	go n-urghabha siad; go n-urghabhaid^†	—	go n-urghabhtar
subjunctive	past	dá n-urghabhainn	dá n-urghabhtá	dá n-urghabhadh sé, sí	dá n-urghabhaimis; dá n-urghabhadh muid	dá n-urghabhadh sibh	dá n-urghabhaidís; dá n-urghabhadh siad	—	dá n-urghabhtaí
imperative		urghabhaim	urghabh	urghabhadh sé, sí	urghabhaimis	urghabhaigí; urghabhaidh^†	urghabhaidís	—	urghabhtar
verbal noun		urghabháil
past participle		urghafa

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of *urghabh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urghabh	n-urghabh	hurghabh	not applicable

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