aitreabh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish atrab, from Proto-Celtic *attrebā (settlement), from Proto-Indo-European *treb-. Cognate with English thorp and Albanian trevë.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈahtʰʲɾʲəv/

Noun

aitreabh m (genitive singular aitreibh, plural aitreabhan)

  1. building, complex, dwelling

Derived terms

  • aitreabh-leighis (sick bay, medical building)
  • aitreabhach (habitable, pertaining to an abode, locative (in linguistics))
  • aitreabhachd (habitableness)
  • aitreabhach m (inhabitant, lodger, farmer)
  • tuiseal aitreabhach (locative case)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aitreabhn-aitreabhh-aitreabht-aitreabh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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