tréatúir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish trétúir, from Middle English traytour, from Old French traïtor, from Latin trāditor.

Noun

tréatúir m (genitive singular tréatúra, nominative plural tréatúirí)

1. traitor; treacherous person

   Synonym: fealltóir

Declension

Declension of tréatúir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tréatúir tréatúirí Vocative a thréatúir a thréatúirí Genitive tréatúra tréatúirí Dative tréatúir tréatúirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tréatúir na tréatúirí Genitive an tréatúra na dtréatúirí Dative leis an tréatúir don tréatúir leis na tréatúirí

Derived terms

• tréatúireacht f (“treason; treachery”)
• tréatúrtha (“traitorous, treacherous”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tréatúir	thréatúir	dtréatúir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tréatúir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tréatúir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024