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)

1. (transitive, law) seize

   Synonyms: gabh, tóg

Conjugation

conjugation of urghabh (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	urghabhaim	urghabhann tú; urghabhair†	urghabhann sé, sí	urghabhaimid	urghabhann sibh	urghabhann siad; urghabhaid†	a urghabhann; a urghabhas / a n-urghabhann*; a n-urghabhas*	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-urghabhtᇇ	d'urghabhadh sé, sí / urghabhadh sé, sí‡; n-urghabhadh sé, s퇇	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-urghabhta퇇
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*; a n-urghabhfas*	urghabhfar
conditional		d'urghabhfainn / urghabhfainn‡; n-urghabhfainn‡‡	d'urghabhfá / urghabhfá‡; n-urghabhfᇇ	d'urghabhfadh sé, sí / urghabhfadh sé, sí‡; n-urghabhfadh sé, s퇇	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-urghabhfa퇇
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
	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urghabh	n-urghabh	hurghabh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urghabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “seize”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “urghabh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ar-gaib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language