trá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish tráig (“strand, shore, ebb-tide”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːɟ/[1] (corresponding to the spelling tráigh)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/ (genitive, Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /tˠrˠɑːw/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːj/ (also corresponding to the spelling tráigh)
Noun edit
trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)
Declension edit
Declension of trá
Alternative forms edit
Note: the pronunciation in many dialects of Ulster, Connacht, and Munster is in fact better represented by this form.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Irish tráiged, verbal noun of tráigid.
Pronunciation edit
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːw/ (Cois Fharraige, corresponding to the spelling trághadh)[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːw/ (corresponding to the spelling trághadh)[4]
Noun edit
trá m (genitive singular trá)
- verbal noun of tráigh
- ebb
- Ní fhanann trá le fear mall. ― An ebb does not wait for a slow man.
- subsidence, decline
Declension edit
Declension of trá
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Irish trá (“then, therefore, so, indeed”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
trá
Conjunction edit
trá
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 4 edit
See treá.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)
- Alternative form of treá (“spear”)
Declension edit
Declension of trá
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| trá | thrá | dtrá |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “trá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “trá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tráig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14
- ^ corresponding more closely to the spelling trágha, but influenced by the pronunciation of the verbal noun trághadh: de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 538, page 100
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 182 (p. 80)
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Maybe related to tar (“across”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
trá (never clause-initial)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:trá.
Descendants edit
- Irish: trá
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| trá | thrá | trá pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “trá”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page T-120
Further reading edit
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 901, pages 557–58
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
trá
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trá
- to gild (cover with a thin layer of gold)
References edit
- "trá" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)