treise

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish treise (“strength, vigour, power”).

Noun

treise f (genitive singular treise)

1. strength, power, dominance; force, emphasis

Declension

Declension of treise

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative treise Vocative a threise Genitive treise Dative treise

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an treise Genitive na treise Dative leis an treise don treise

Alternative forms

• treiseacht f

Derived terms

• aintreise f (“violence, oppression”)
• treiseoir m (“booster”)
• treisigh (“strengthen, reinforce, fortify; gather strength”, verb)
• treisiúil (“strong, forceful, vigorous”, adjective)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

treise

1. comparative degree of tréan (“strong, powerful; intense, violent”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
treise	threise	dtreise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “treise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 treise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Irish

Etymology

From trén (“strong”).

Noun

treise f

1. strength, vigour, power

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• treisecht f (“strength, power”)
• treisiugad (“the prefixing of ‘t’ to vowels after the definite article”)
• treisset (“strength, might”)
• treissid (“violates, disturbs”, verb)

 

Descendants

• Irish: treise

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
treise	threise	treise pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 treise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From trí (“three”).

Noun

treise f

1. triduum, period of three days

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	treiseL	treisiL	treisi
Vocative	treiseL	treisiL	treisi
Accusative	treisiN	treisiL	treisi
Genitive	treise	treiseL	treiseN
Dative	treisiL	treisib	treisib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: treise

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
treise	threise	treise pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 treise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

treise

1. Alternative form of treasa