traicé

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin trāchīa (“the windpipe”), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ἀρτηρίᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, “rough artery”).

Noun

traicé f (genitive singular traicé, nominative plural traicéanna)

1. (anatomy) trachea

Declension

Declension of traicé

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative traicé traicéanna Vocative a thraicé a thraicéanna Genitive traicé traicéanna Dative traicé traicéanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an traicé na traicéanna Genitive na traicé na dtraicéanna Dative leis an traicé don traicé leis na traicéanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
traicé	thraicé	dtraicé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “traicé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN