treaghdán

Irish

Alternative forms

• sroigheadán, troigheadán

Etymology

By surface analysis, treaghd (“to pierce”) +‎ -án. If the form troigheadán is oldest, though, then it may reflect troigh (“foot”) +‎ -adán as a calque of Latin pēdiculus (“louse”) mistaken for pĕdiculus (“little foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲaɪ(ə)ˈd̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/

Noun

treaghdán m (genitive singular treaghdáin, nominative plural treaghdáin)

1. head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)

Declension

Declension of treaghdán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative treaghdán treaghdáin vocative a threaghdáin a threaghdána genitive treaghdáin treaghdán dative treaghdán treaghdáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an treaghdán na treaghdáin genitive an treaghdáin na dtreaghdán dative leis an treaghdán don treaghdán leis na treaghdáin

Hypernyms

• míol

Mutation

Mutated forms of treaghdán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
treaghdán	threaghdán	dtreaghdán

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “treaghdán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page troiġeadán
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “treaghdán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN