trach
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- trake (rare)
Noun edit
trach (plural trachs)
- (informal) A tracheotomy or tracheostomy.
- (informal) The tube inserted in a tracheotomy.
- (informal) One who undergoes a tracheotomy.
Verb edit
trach (third-person singular simple present traches, present participle traching, simple past and past participle trached)
- Alternative form of trache (“fit with tracheostomy tube”)
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós (compare Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), enlargement of *dóru (“tree”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trach m (genitive singular trach, nominative plural trachanna)
- trough (long, narrow, open container for feeding animals)
Declension edit
Declension of trach
Bare forms
|
Forms with the definite article
|
Derived terms edit
- trach uisce (“drinking-trough”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
trach | thrach | dtrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “trach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “trach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.