tróethaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• troethaid, troithaid, traethaid

Etymology

Probably denominative from Old Irish traeth (“neuter”), then originally meaning "to neuter". Maybe related to Middle Irish tríath, tréith (“weak”). tróethaid would represent o-grade Proto-Celtic *troit- to traeth's e-grade *treit-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtroːi̯θəðʲ/

Verb

tróethaid (verbal noun tróethad)

1. to subdue, wear out

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.			troethaid
	conj.
	rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.			tróethsus (with suffixed pronoun -us)
	conj.
	rel.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun		tróethad
past participle		traetha
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tráethaid
  • Irish: traoith

Mutation

Mutation of tróethaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
tróethaid	thróethaid	tróethaid pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “traethaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language