trach
See also: Trach
English
Alternative forms
- trake (rare)
Noun
trach (plural trachs)
- (informal) A tracheotomy or tracheostomy.
- (informal) The tube inserted in a tracheotomy.
- (informal) One who undergoes a tracheotomy.
Verb
trach (third-person singular simple present traches, present participle traching, simple past and past participle trached)
- Alternative form of trache (“fit with tracheostomy tube”)
Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós (compare Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), enlargement of *dóru (“tree”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
trach m (genitive singular trach, nominative plural trachanna)
- trough (long, narrow, open container for feeding animals)
Declension
Declension of trach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- trach uisce (“drinking-trough”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
trach | thrach | dtrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “trach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “trach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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