trach
English
Alternative forms
- trake (rare)
Noun
trach (plural trachs)
- (informal) A tracheotomy or tracheostomy.
- (informal) The tube inserted in a tracheotomy.
- (informal) One who undergoes a tracheotomy.
Verb
trach (third-person singular simple present traches, present participle traching, simple past and past participle trached)
- Alternative form of trache (“fit with tracheostomy tube”).
Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós (compare Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), enlargement of *dóru (“tree”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑx/
Noun
trach m (genitive singular trach, nominative plural trachanna)
- trough (long, narrow, open container for feeding animals)
Declension
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Derived terms
- trach uisce (“drinking-trough”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| trach | thrach | dtrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “trach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “trach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025