treá

See also: trea

Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tar-, *tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”), related to thar (“through”). However, compare Latin tragula (“dart”).

Noun

treá f (genitive singular treá, nominative plural treánna)

1. spear

Declension

Declension of treá (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative treá treánna vocative a threá a threánna genitive treá treánna dative treá treánna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an treá na treánna genitive na treá na dtreánna dative leis an treá don treá leis na treánna

Alternative forms

• trá

Etymology 2

Noun

treá m (genitive singular treáite)

1. verbal noun of treáigh
2. penetration

Declension

Declension of treá (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative treá vocative a threá genitive treáite dative treá forms with the definite article case singular nominative an treá genitive an treáite dative leis an treá don treá

Mutation

Mutated forms of treá

radical	lenition	eclipsis
treá	threá	dtreá

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “treá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN