aitreabh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ahtʰʲɾʲəv/

Noun

aitreabh m (genitive singular aitreibh, plural aitreabhan)

  1. building, complex, dwelling

Derived terms

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