treaghdán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sroigheadán, troigheadán

Etymology

By surface analysis, treaghd (“to pierce”) +‎ -án. If the form troigheadán is oldest, though, then it may reflect troigh (“foot”) +‎ -adán as a calque of Latin pēdiculus (“louse”) mistaken for pĕdiculus (“little foot”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /tʲɾʲaɪ(ə)ˈd̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

treaghdán m (genitive singular treaghdáin, nominative plural treaghdáin)

  1. head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)

Declension

Declension of treaghdán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative treaghdán treaghdáin
vocative a threaghdáin a threaghdána
genitive treaghdáin treaghdán
dative treaghdán treaghdáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an treaghdán na treaghdáin
genitive an treaghdáin na dtreaghdán
dative leis an treaghdán
don treaghdán 		leis na treaghdáin

Hypernyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of treaghdán
radical lenition eclipsis
treaghdán threaghdán dtreaghdán

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 198, page 100

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