tréas

See also: treas

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲɾʲeːsˠ]

Etymology 1

Ultimately from English treason or Middle English tresoun, treison, borrowed from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”). See Middle Irish traos, tréson.

Noun

tréas m (genitive singular tréasa)

1. treason; disloyalty, rebellion

Derived terms

• ardtréas (“high treason”)

Etymology 2

From English trace.

Noun

tréas m (genitive singular tréasa)

1. trace, track

Declension

Declension of tréas

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tréas Vocative a thréas Genitive tréasa Dative tréas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tréas Genitive an tréasa Dative leis an tréas don tréas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tréas	thréas	dtréas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “tréas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tréas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “traos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tréson”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language