treoir
See also: treòir
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish treorach, from Proto-Celtic *treg-ri, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /tʲɾʲoːɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /tʲɾʲɔːɾʲ/
Noun
treoir f (genitive singular treorach, nominative plural treoracha)
- guidance, direction, instruction, directive
- indicator, gauge, index
- movement, progress; effort, strength; help
- (weaponry) sight
Declension
Declension of treoir
Fifth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cúltreoir
- i dtreoir
- ó threoir
- treoir ghairme
- treoir luais
- treoir ola
- treoir ordóige
- treoir thairní
- tríd an treoir
Related terms
- treo
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
treoir | threoir | dtreoir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “treoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language