trá
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish tráig (“strand, shore, ebb-tide”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːɟ/[1] (corresponding to the spelling tráigh)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːj/ (also corresponding to the spelling tráigh)
Noun
trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)
- beach, strand, (sandy) seashore
- Synonym: cladach
- (beach at) low water
- (sailing) foreshore
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Alternative forms
- tráigh (Munster, Ulster)
Derived terms
- biolar trá
- bóthar trá
- bróga trá
- cuileann trá
- gráinneog trá
- imeall trá
- ladhrán trá
- leath trá
- píobaire trá
- praiseach thrá
- scréachóg thrá
- sliogán trá
- sruth trá
- taoide trá
- trá shlogach
- urthrá
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish tráiged, verbal noun of tráigid.
Alternative forms
- trághadh (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːw/ (corresponding to the spelling trághadh)[2]
Noun
trá m (genitive singular trá)
- verbal noun of tráigh
- ebb
- Ní fhanann trá le fear mall. ― An ebb does not wait for a slow man.
- subsidence, decline
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
|
Derived terms
- gan trá
- tuile agus trá
Etymology 3
From Old Irish trá (“then, therefore, so, indeed”).
Alternative forms
- tra
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaː/
Adverb
trá
- (literary) then, indeed; however
Conjunction
trá
- (literary) then, indeed; however
Etymology 4
See treá.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaː/
Noun
trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)
- Alternative form of treá (“spear”)
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
trá | thrá | dtrá |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Entries containing “trá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “trá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “trá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tráig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- .t. (abbreviation)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /traː/
Adverb
trá (never clause-initial)
- now, therefore, then
- Synonym: did(i)u
For quotations using this term, see Citations:trá.
Descendants
- Irish: trá
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
trá | thrá | trá pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 901, pages 557–58
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Verb
trá
- Apocopic form of traz; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈaː˦˥]
Verb
trá
- to gild (cover with a thin layer of gold)
References
- "trá" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Anagrams
- rát