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trá

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish tráig (strand, shore, ebb-tide).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

  1. beach, strand, (sandy) seashore
    Synonym: cladach
    1. (beach at) low water
  2. (sailing) foreshore
Declension
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Declension of trá (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative trá tránna
vocative a thrá a thránna
genitive trá tránna
dative trá tránna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an trá na tránna
genitive na trá na dtránna
dative leis an trá
don trá
leis na tránna
Alternative forms
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Note: the pronunciation in many dialects of Ulster, Connacht, and Munster is in fact better represented by this form.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish tráiged, verbal noun of tráigid.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trá m (genitive singular trá)

  1. verbal noun of tráigh
  2. ebb
    Ní fhanann trá le fear mall.An ebb does not wait for a slow man.
  3. subsidence, decline
Declension
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Declension of trá (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative trá
vocative a thrá
genitive trá
dative trá
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an trá
genitive an trá
dative leis an trá
don trá
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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From Old Irish trá (then, therefore, so, indeed).[7]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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trá

  1. (literary) then, indeed; however

Conjunction

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trá

  1. (literary) then, indeed; however

Alternative forms

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Etymology 4

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See treá.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

  1. Alternative form of treá (spear)
Declension
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Declension of trá (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative trá tránna
vocative a thrá a thránna
genitive trá tránna
dative trá tránna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an trá na tránna
genitive na trá na dtránna
dative leis an trá
don trá
leis na tránna

Mutation

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Mutated forms of trá
radical lenition eclipsis
trá thrá dtrá

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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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tráig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 538, page 100
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 379, page 127
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], 182 (vi) (b), page 80
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48
  7. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Maybe related to tar (across).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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trá (never clause-initial)

  1. now, therefore, then (in conclusion to what comes before)
    Synonym: did(i)u

For quotations using this term, see Citations:trá.

Descendants

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  • Irish: trá

Mutation

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Mutation of trá
radical lenition nasalization
trá thrá trá
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

References

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  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “trá”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page T-120

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Verb

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trá

  1. Apocopic form of traz; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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trá

  1. to gild (cover with a thin layer of gold)

References

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Anagrams

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