tréigthe
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Participle
[edit]tréigthe
- past participle of tréig
Adjective
[edit]tréigthe
- derelict, abandoned, forsaken, deserted
- faded (having lost some of its former color or intensity), rusty (worn, shabby, of dark clothing)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | tréigthe | thréigthe | tréigthe; thréigthe2 | |
vocative | thréigthe | tréigthe | ||
genitive | tréigthe | tréigthe | tréigthe | |
dative | tréigthe; thréigthe1 |
thréigthe | tréigthe; thréigthe2 | |
Comparative | níos tréigthe | |||
Superlative | is tréigthe |
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
[edit]- tréigtheoir m (“deserter”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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tréigthe | thréigthe | dtréigthe |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 422, page 137
Further reading
[edit]- “tréigthe”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tréigṫe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 753
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréigthe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN