trodach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish troitech.[2] By surface analysis, troid + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]trodach (genitive singular masculine trodaigh, genitive singular feminine trodaí, plural trodacha, comparative trodaí)
- quarrelsome
- fighting (apt to provoke a fight), combative, pugnacious
- warlike, bellicose
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | trodach | throdach | trodacha; throdacha2 | |
| vocative | throdaigh | trodacha | ||
| genitive | trodaí | trodacha | trodach | |
| dative | trodach; throdach1 |
throdach; throdaigh (archaic) |
trodacha; throdacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos trodaí | |||
| Superlative | is trodaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| trodach | throdach | dtrodach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “trodach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 trotach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “trodaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 757
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trodach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN