tracht

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See also: Tracht and trácht

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑxt

Verb[edit]

tracht

  1. inflection of trachten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *traxtus, and either borrowed from Latin tractus or otherwise a cognate of it. Cognate with Welsh traeth.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tracht m (genitive trachta)

  1. beach, shore

Inflection[edit]

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tracht trachtL trachtae
Vocative tracht trachtL trachtu
Accusative trachtN trachtL trachtu
Genitive trachtoH, trachtaH trachto, trachta trachtaeN
Dative trachtL trachtaib trachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: tracht

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tracht thracht tracht
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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