Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish trétúir, from Middle English traytour, from Old French traïtor, from Latin trāditor.
Noun
tréatúir m (genitive singular tréatúra, nominative plural tréatúirí)
- traitor; treacherous person
- Synonym: fealltóir
Declension
Declension of tréatúir (third declension)
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Derived terms
- tréatúireacht f (“treason; treachery”)
- tréatúrtha (“traitorous, treacherous”, adjective)
Mutation
Mutated forms of tréatúir
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lenition
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eclipsis
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thréatúir
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dtréatúir
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréatúir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trétúir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading