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

Noun

treoir f (genitive singular treorach, nominative plural treoracha)

  1. guidance, direction, instruction, directive
  2. indicator, gauge, index
  3. movement, progress; effort, strength; help
  4. (weaponry) sight

Declension
Declension of treoir

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative treoir treoracha
Vocative a threoir a threoracha
Genitive treorach treoracha
Dative treoir treoracha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an treoir na treoracha
Genitive na treorach na dtreoracha
Dative leis an treoir

don treoir

 leis na treoracha

Derived terms
  • cúltreoir
  • i dtreoir (“in order, ready”)
  • ó threoir (“out of action, in disrepair”)
  • treoir ghairme (“vocational guidance”)
  • treoir luais (“speed indicator”)
  • treoir ola (“oil-gauge”)
  • treoir ordóige (“thumb-index”)
  • treoir thairní (“nail-mould”)
  • treoraigh
  • tríd an treoir (“throughout the course of events, throughout”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
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
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