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gabh.

to take

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡo/Connacht/ɡau/Connacht/ɡoː/Ulster
  1. to take

    transitive
  2. to arrest (take into legal custody)

    transitive
  3. to go

    intransitive
  4. to come

    intransitive
  5. to perform (music)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish gaibid (“grasp; receive”), from Proto-Celtic *gabyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-. Cognate with English habit.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.