craobh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb

Noun

craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, nominative plural craobhacha)

branch (of a tree, of an organization)
win, victory, championship (in sport)

Declension

Declension of craobh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	craobh	craobhacha
Vocative	a chraobh	a chraobhacha
Genitive	craoibhe	craobhacha
Dative	craobh	craobhacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chraobh	na craobhacha
Genitive	na craoibhe	na gcraobhacha
Dative	leis an gcraobh don chraobh	leis na craobhacha

Synonyms

(branch): géag, brainse
(win): bua

Derived terms

craobhóg f, craobhán m (“small branch, twig; sprig, spray”)
cluiche craoibhe m (“final, championship (game)”)
sú craobh f (“raspberry”)

Related terms

craobhach m (“branches”)
craobhach (“branched, branching”, adj)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
craobh	chraobh	gcraobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"craobh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb.

Noun

craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, plural craobhan)

tree

Derived terms

Terms derived from craobh

craobh-chuilinn f (“holly tree”)
craobh-geanmchno f (“chestnut tree”)
craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f (“horse chestnut tree”)
craobh-mheas f, meas-chraobh f (“fruit tree”)

craobh shìor-ghorm f (“evergreen tree”)
craobh-shloinntearachd f (“family tree”)
craobh-ubhail f (“apple tree”)
fàinne-chraoibhe f (“tree ring”)

gealbhonn nan craobh (“tree sparrow”)
leòmhann-chraobh m (“griffin”)
sùbh-craoibh f (“raspberry”)

Verb

craobh (past chraobh, future craobhaidh, verbal noun craobhadh, past participle craobhte)

branch out, sprout, bud

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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