treá

See also: trea

Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tar-, *tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”), related to thar (“through”). However, compare Latin tragula (“dart”).[1]

Noun

treá f (genitive singular treá, nominative plural treánna)

  1. spear
Declension
Declension of treá (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative treá treánna
vocative a threá a threánna
genitive treá treánna
dative treá treánna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an treá na treánna
genitive na treá na dtreánna
dative leis an treá
don treá 		leis na treánna
Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tradh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

treá m (genitive singular treáite)

  1. verbal noun of treáigh
  2. penetration
Declension
Declension of treá (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative treá
vocative a threá
genitive treáite
dative treá
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an treá
genitive an treáite
dative leis an treá
don treá

Mutation

Mutated forms of treá
radical lenition eclipsis
treá threá dtreá

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

Further reading

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