tréig

See also: trèig

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tréicid (to abandon, forsake).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲɾʲeːɟ/[2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /tʲɾʲeːdʲ/[3]

Verb

tréig (present analytic tréigeann, future analytic tréigfidh, verbal noun tréigean, past participle tréigthe)

  1. (transitive) to abandon, forsake, desert, leave, fall away from
  2. (transitive) to renounce, give up
  3. (intransitive) to rat (to tell on someone)
  4. (transitive) to fail (be wanting to, be insufficient for, disappoint, desert)
  5. (intransitive) to fade (of color, to lose brightness)
  6. (intransitive) to lapse (fall into error or heresy)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tréig
radical lenition eclipsis
tréig thréig dtréig

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tréicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 236
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 246

Further reading

  • tréig”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tréigim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 753
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tréig (past thréig, future tréigidh, verbal noun tréigsinn or tréigeadh, past participle tréigte)

  1. superseded spelling of trèig (to abandon)

Mutation

Mutation of tréig
radical lenition
tréig thréig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.