gabh

Gaelic (Scots)

/kav/

verb
Definitions
  • take, accept, receive, have
  • contain, hold
  • sing, say, give, deliver, perform
  • get infected
  • assume, pretend
  • burn, kindle, ferment
  • undertake, endeavour, be concerned with
  • arrange
  • can
  • must, be compelled to
  • enlist, engage as a servant
  • make secure
  • entertain, treat
  • acknowledge
  • worry
  • conceive, become pregnant
  • beat, belabour
  • betake, repair, proceed, go motion
  • rest

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish gaibid (take, grasp, receive, seize, lays hold of, hold, grasps) inherited from Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (take, hold) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (take, grab, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰeh₁bʰ-

Gloss

take, grab, hold

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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