traona

Irish

Alternative forms

• tradhna, traghna

Etymology

From Old Irish tragna.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠeːnˠə/, [ˈt̪ˠɾˠɛə̯nˠə]; (older) /ˈt̪ˠɾˠɤːnˠə/

Noun

traona m (genitive singular traona, nominative plural traonaí)

1. Ulster form of traonach (“corncrake, landrail”)

Descendants

Declension of traon

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative traon traonaí Vocative a thraon a thraonaí Genitive traon traonaí Dative traon traonaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an traon na traonaí Genitive an traon na dtraonaí Dative leis an traon don traon leis na traonaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
traona	thraona	dtraona
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “traonach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “traona”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 749
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “traonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31