treise

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

treise f (genitive singular treise)

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)

Adjective

treise

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

"treise" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 treise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From trén (“strong”).

Noun

treise f

strength, vigour, power

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

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

Etymology 2

From trí (“three”).

Noun

treise f

triduum, period of three days

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

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.

References

“1 treise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 treise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

treise

Alternative form of treasa