tréitheach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tréith (“quality”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tréitheach (genitive singular masculine tréithigh, genitive singular feminine tréithí, plural tréitheacha, comparative tréithí)
- gifted, talented
- Synonym: éirimiúil
- accomplished (having many accomplishments)
- promising (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
- characteristic
- Synonym: sainiúil
Declension
[edit]Declension of tréitheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tréitheach | thréitheach | tréitheacha; thréitheacha² | |
| Vocative | thréithigh | tréitheacha | ||
| Genitive | tréithí | tréitheacha | tréitheach | |
| Dative | tréitheach; thréitheach¹ |
thréitheach; thréithigh (archaic) |
tréitheacha; thréitheacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tréithí | |||
| Superlative | is tréithí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tréitheach | thréitheach | dtréitheach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
Further reading
[edit]- “tréitheach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tréidech, tréithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tréiṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 753
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN