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tràigh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tráig (strand, shore, ebb-tide).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʰɾaːj/, (unstressed) /tʰɾa/[2]

Noun

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tràigh f (genitive singular tràighe or tràgha or tràghad, plural tràighean or tràinnean)

  1. (sandy) beach, seabeach, strand
    Bidh sinn a' cluiche ball-bholaidh air an tràigh a h-uile Dihaoine.We play volleyball on the beach every Friday.
  2. shore
  3. (sandy) riverbank

Declension

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Declension of tràigh (type Vd feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tràigh tràighean
genitive tràghad thràighean
dative tràigh tràighean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tràigh (na) tràighean
genitive (na) tràghad (nan) tràighean
dative (an) tràigh (na) tràighean
vocative thràigh thràighean

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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tràigh (past thràigh, future tràighidh, verbal noun tràghadh, past participle tràighte)

  1. ebb
  2. subside
  3. settle
  4. drain, empty
  5. beach (a vessel)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutation of tràigh
radical lenition
tràigh thràigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tráig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tràigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN