treoraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tréoruigh (obsolete)
  • treóraigh, treoruigh, treóruigh (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From treoir +‎ -igh

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɾʲoːɾʲə/

Verb

treoraigh (present analytic treoraíonn, future analytic treoróidh, verbal noun treorú, past participle treoraithe) (transitive)

  1. to lead, guide, direct, conduct, pilot
  2. (horticulture) to train (encourage to grow in a particular direction)
  3. to canalise (channel the flow of)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of treoraigh
radical lenition eclipsis
treoraigh threoraigh dtreoraigh

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

References

  1. ^ treoraigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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