treoir
See also: treòir
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish treorach, from Proto-Celtic *treg-ri, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
treoir f (genitive singular treorach, nominative plural treoracha)
- guidance, direction, instruction, directive
- indicator, gauge, index
- movement, progress; effort, strength; help
- (weaponry) sight
Declension edit
Declension of treoir
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- cúltreoir
- i dtreoir (“in order, ready”)
- ó threoir (“out of action, in disrepair”)
- treoir ghairme (“vocational guidance”)
- treoir luais (“speed indicator”)
- treoir ola (“oil-gauge”)
- treoir ordóige (“thumb-index”)
- treoir thairní (“nail-mould”)
- treoraigh
- tríd an treoir (“throughout the course of events, throughout”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
treoir | threoir | dtreoir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “treoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language