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preab.

start

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʲɾʲabˠ/
  1. start

    feminine
  2. bounce, hop (of ball)

    feminine
  3. throb, twitch

    feminine
  4. kick

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish prep (“a bounce, start”). The verb, which is not attested before Early Modern Irish, is from the noun.

verb/pʲɾʲabˠ/
  1. to start, spring, jump

    intransitive
  2. to bounce, hop (of a ball)

    intransitive
  3. to throb, twitch

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish prep (“a bounce, start”). The verb, which is not attested before Early Modern Irish, is from the noun.

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