treise

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish treise (“strength, vigour, power”).

Noun

treise f (genitive singular treise)

1. strength, power, dominance; force, emphasis

Declension

Declension of treise (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative treise vocative a threise genitive treise dative treise forms with the definite article case singular nominative an treise genitive na treise dative leis an treise don treise

Alternative forms

• treiseacht f

Derived terms

• aintreise f (“violence, oppression”)
• treiseoir m (“booster”)
• treisigh (“strengthen, reinforce, fortify; gather strength”, verb)
• treisiúil (“strong, forceful, vigorous”, adjective)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

treise

1. comparative degree of tréan (“strong, powerful; intense, violent”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of treise

radical	lenition	eclipsis
treise	threise	dtreise

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “treise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 treise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Irish

Etymology

From trén (“strong”).

Noun

treise f

1. strength, vigour, power

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• treisecht f (“strength, power”)
• treisiugad (“the prefixing of ‘t’ to vowels after the definite article”)
• treisset (“strength, might”)
• treissid (“violates, disturbs”, verb)

Descendants

• Irish: treise

Mutation

Mutation of treise

radical	lenition	nasalization
treise	threise	treise pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “1 treise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From trí (“three”).

Noun

treise f

1. triduum, period of three days

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	treiseL	treisiL	treisi
vocative	treiseL	treisiL	treisi
accusative	treisiN	treisiL	treisi
genitive	treise	treiseL	treiseN
dative	treisiL	treisib	treisib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: treise

Mutation

Mutation of treise

radical	lenition	nasalization
treise	threise	treise 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), “2 treise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

treise

1. Alternative form of treasa