See also: tracht and Tracht

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish tracht (strand, shore), from Proto-Celtic *traxtus. Cognate with Welsh traeth (beach).

Noun edit

trácht m (genitive singular tráicht, nominative plural tráicht)

  1. (literary) strand, beach
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish trácht (the sole of the foot, the foot).

Noun edit

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta, nominative plural tráchtanna)

  1. sole (of foot), tread (of tyre)
  2. (anatomy) instep, arch (of foot)
  3. base, base measurement
  4. width, dimension
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Derived terms edit
  • atrácht (retread (tyre), transitive verb)

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Irish trácht (trade, intercourse; movement, travelling).

Noun edit

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta)

  1. verbal noun of trácht (go, proceed; journey, travel)
  2. going, travelling; journey, passage; frequentation
  3. traffic (on roads, in goods, etc.)
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Verb edit

trácht (present analytic tráchtann, future analytic tráchtfaidh, verbal noun trácht, past participle tráchta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to go, proceed
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to journey, travel
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Etymology 4 edit

A modern form of Old Irish tráchtad (discourse, account, mention) (compare tráchtadh).

Noun edit

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta, nominative plural tráchtanna)

  1. verbal noun of trácht (mention; discuss, comment on; relate)
  2. (with ar, thar) mention (of)
    Synonym: teacht thar
  3. discourse, comment
  4. (ecclesiastical) tract
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Verb edit

trácht (present analytic tráchtann, future analytic tráchtfaidh, verbal noun trácht, past participle tráchta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. mention, discuss, relate
  2. relate, recite, tell, narrate, perform (with ar (on))
    Synonyms: ársaigh, inis, reic, aithris, eachtraigh
  3. discuss, examine, consider, explore, comment on (with ar (on))
    Synonyms: cíor, cuir faoi chaibidil, spíon, pléigh, déan cíoradh, déan trácht
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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
trácht thrácht dtrácht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • Entries containing “trácht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “trácht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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