tréitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tréithiúil
  • tréidheach, tréigheach, tréightheach, tréighthioch, tréitheamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From tréith (“quality”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tréitheach (genitive singular masculine tréithigh, genitive singular feminine tréithí, plural tréitheacha, comparative tréithí)

  1. gifted, talented
    Synonym: éirimiúil
  2. accomplished (having many accomplishments)
    Synonyms: cumasach, inniúil
  3. promising (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
  4. characteristic
    Synonym: sainiúil

Declension

Declension of tréitheach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tréitheach thréitheach tréitheacha;
thréitheacha2
vocative thréithigh tréitheacha
genitive tréithí tréitheacha tréitheach
dative tréitheach;
thréitheach1 		thréitheach;
thréithigh (archaic) 		tréitheacha;
thréitheacha2
Comparative níos tréithí
Superlative is tréithí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • dea-thréitheach

Mutation

Mutated forms of tréitheach
radical lenition eclipsis
tréitheach thréitheach dtréitheach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

Further reading

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