trodach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish troitech.[2] By surface analysis, troid + -ach.
Adjective
edittrodach (genitive singular masculine trodaigh, genitive singular feminine trodaí, plural trodacha, comparative trodaí)
- quarrelsome
- fighting (apt to provoke a fight), combative, pugnacious
- warlike, bellicose
Declension
editDeclension of trodach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | trodach | throdach | trodacha; throdacha² | |
| Vocative | throdaigh | trodacha | ||
| Genitive | trodaí | trodacha | trodach | |
| Dative | trodach; throdach¹ |
throdach; throdaigh (archaic) |
trodacha; throdacha² | |
| Comparative | níos trodaí | |||
| Superlative | is trodaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| trodach | throdach | dtrodach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ “trodach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 trotach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “trodaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 757
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trodach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN