tráig

See also: traig and träig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trāgi (“low tide, beach”)

Noun

tráig m or f

  1. strand, shore
  2. ebb tide
  3. (figuratively) exhaustion, death

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative tráig tráigL trágaiH
vocative tráig tráigL trágaiH
accusative tráigN tráigL trágaiH
genitive trágoH, trágaH trágoH, trágaH trágaeN
dative tráigL trágaib trágaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • tráigid (“ebbs, recedes; causes to ebb; retreats, diminishes; exhausts”, verb)

Descendants

  • Irish: trá
  • Manx: traie
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràigh

Mutation

Mutation of tráig
radical lenition nasalization
tráig thráig tráig
pronounced with /d-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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