tráth

See also: trath and tràth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tráth, from Proto-Celtic *trātu (“time, hour”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tráth m (genitive singular trátha, nominative plural tráthanna or trátha)

  1. hour (season, moment or time; set time of prayer)
  2. time (age, era; particular moment or hour)
  3. day (specified time or period)
  4. meal, mealtime

Declension

With strong plural:

Declension of tráth (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tráth tráthanna
vocative a thráth a thráthanna
genitive trátha tráthanna
dative tráth tráthanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tráth na tráthanna
genitive an trátha na dtráthanna
dative leis an tráth
don tráth 		leis na tráthanna

With weak plural:

Declension of tráth (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tráth trátha
vocative a thráth a thrátha
genitive trátha tráth
dative tráth trátha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tráth na trátha
genitive an trátha na dtráth
dative leis an tráth
don tráth 		leis na trátha

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • antráth
  • go tráthrialta (“at regular times, regularly, punctually”)
  • i dtráth
  • i dtrátha (“about, around”)
  • in am agus i dtráth
  • tráth bia (“mealtime”)
  • tráthaí (“person who keeps regular hours”)
  • trátháil (“take advantage of, attend to”)
  • tráthchlár (“timetable”)
  • tráthnóna (“afternoon”)
  • tráthúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of tráth
radical lenition eclipsis
tráth thráth dtráth

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 241
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 182, page 70

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trātu (“time, hour”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɾaːθ/

Noun

tráth n or m

  1. period of time, hour, point in time
  2. day
  3. canonical hour

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative tráthN tráthL tráthL, trátha
vocative tráthN tráthL tráth
accusative tráthN tráthL tráth
genitive tráthoH, tráthaH tráthoN, tráthaN tráthN
dative tráthL tráthaib tráthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: tráth
  • Manx: traa
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràth

Mutation

Mutation of tráth
radical lenition nasalization
tráth thráth tráth
pronounced with /d-/

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

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