traona

Irish

Alternative forms

• tradhna, traghna

Etymology

From Old Irish tragna.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠeːnˠə/, [ˈt̪ˠɾˠɛə̯nˠə]; (older) /ˈt̪ˠɾˠɤːnˠə/

Noun

traona m (genitive singular traona, nominative plural traonaí)

1. Ulster form of traonach (“corncrake, landrail”)

Descendants

Declension of traon (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative traon traonaí vocative a thraon a thraonaí genitive traon traonaí dative traon traonaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an traon na traonaí genitive an traon na dtraonaí dative leis an traon don traon leis na traonaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of traona

radical	lenition	eclipsis
traona	thraona	dtraona

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

Further reading

• “traonach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “traona”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 749
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “traonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31