tráigh

See also: tràigh

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːɟ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːj/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tráigid (ebbs, recedes; causes to ebb; retreats, diminishes; exhausts, verb), from tráig (strand, shore, ebb-tide).

Verb

tráigh (present analytic tránn, future analytic tráfaidh, verbal noun trá, past participle tráite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) ebb
  2. (transitive, intransitive) abate, subside, recede, decline
    Proverb:
    Níl tuile mhéad nach dtránn.
    Nothing can last for ever; things will eventually settle down.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tráigh f (genitive singular trágha, nominative plural trághanna)

  1. Munster and Ulster form of trá (strand, beach)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tráigh thráigh dtráigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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