tréitheach
Irish
Alternative forms
- tréithiúil
- tréidheach, tréigheach, tréightheach, tréighthioch, tréitheamhail (obsolete)
Etymology
From tréith (“quality”) + -ach
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɾʲeha(x)/[1]
Adjective
tréitheach (genitive singular masculine tréithigh, genitive singular feminine tréithí, plural tréitheacha, comparative tréithí)
- gifted, talented
- Synonym: éirimiúil
- accomplished (having many accomplishments)
- Synonyms: cumasach, inniúil
- promising (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- characteristic
- Synonym: sainiúil
Declension
Declension of tréitheach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tréitheach | thréitheach | tréitheacha; thréitheacha² | |
Vocative | thréithigh | tréitheacha | ||
Genitive | tréithí | tréitheacha | tréitheach | |
Dative | tréitheach; thréitheach¹ | thréitheach; thréithigh (archaic) | tréitheacha; thréitheacha² | |
Comparative | níos tréithí | |||
Superlative | is tréithí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- dea-thréitheach
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tréitheach | thréitheach | dtréitheach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “tréitheach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tréidech, tréithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “tréiṫeaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 753.
- "tréitheach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36