trá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Irish

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish tráig (“strand, shore, ebb-tide”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːɟ/[2], (genitive) /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/[3] (corresponding to the form tráigh)
    • (Galway) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/, (genitive) /tˠrˠɑːw/[4] (corresponding more closely to the form trágha, but influenced by the pronunciation of the verbal noun trághadh)
    • (Mayo) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːj/[5], (genitive) /ˈtˠrˠaːwə/[6] (corresponding more closely to the form trágha, but influenced by the pronunciation of the verbal noun trághadh)
    • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːj/ (corresponding to the form tráigh)[7], (genitive) /t̪ˠɾˠaː/[8]
    • Homophone: tráth (some pronunciations)

    Noun

    trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

    1. beach, strand, (sandy) seashore
      Synonym: cladach
      1. (beach at) low water
    2. (sailing) foreshore
    Declension
    Declension of trá (fourth declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative trá tránna
    vocative a thrá a thránna
    genitive trá tránna
    dative trá tránna
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an trá na tránna
    genitive na trá na dtránna
    dative leis an trá
    don trá     		leis na tránna
    Alternative forms

    Note: the pronunciation in many dialects of Ulster, Connacht, and Munster is in fact better represented by this form.

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tráiġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1239; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
    • “trá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
    • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “trá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

    Etymology 2

      From Middle Irish tráiged, verbal noun of tráigid.

      Pronunciation

      • (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːw/[9], /t̪ˠɾˠaːw/[6] (corresponding to the spelling trághadh)
      • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːw/[10] (corresponding to the spelling trághadh)

      Noun

      trá m (genitive singular trá)

      1. verbal noun of tráigh
      2. ebb
        Ní fhanann trá le fear mall. ― An ebb does not wait for a slow man.
      3. subsidence, decline
      Declension
      Declension of trá (fourth declension, no plural)
      bare forms
      singular
      nominative trá
      vocative a thrá
      genitive trá
      dative trá
      forms with the definite article
      singular
      nominative an trá
      genitive an trá
      dative leis an trá
      don trá
      Alternative forms
      • trághadh (obsolete)
      Derived terms
      • gan trá
      • tuile agus trá

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tráġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1239; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • “trá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “trá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

      Etymology 3

        From Old Irish trá (“then, therefore, so, indeed”).[11]

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/, /t̪ˠɾˠaː/

        Adverb

        trá

        1. (literary) then, indeed; however

        Conjunction

        trá

        1. (literary) then, indeed; however

        Alternative forms

        Further reading

        • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tra (trá)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1238; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
        • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “trá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

        Etymology 4

          See treá.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/, /t̪ˠɾˠaː/

          Noun

          trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

          1. alternative form of treá (“spear”)
          Declension
          Declension of trá (fourth declension)
          bare forms
          singular plural
          nominative trá tránna
          vocative a thrá a thránna
          genitive trá tránna
          dative trá tránna
          forms with the definite article
          singular plural
          nominative an trá na tránna
          genitive na trá na dtránna
          dative leis an trá
          don trá           		leis na tránna

          Further reading

          • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “treaġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1245; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
          • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “trá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

          Mutation

          Mutated forms of trá
          radical lenition eclipsis
          trá thrá dtrá

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

          References

          References
          1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tráig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
          2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
          3. ^ Dillon, Myles; Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961), Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 242
          4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 538, page 100
          5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 146, page 35
          6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 358 (vi), page 148
          7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 379, page 127
          8. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 475, page 151
          9. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 182 (vi) (b), page 80
          10. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48
          11. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

          Old Irish

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          Unknown. Maybe related to tar (“across”).[1]

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɾaː/

          Adverb

          trá (never clause-initial)

          1. now, therefore, then (in conclusion to what comes before)
            Synonym: did(i)u

          For quotations using this term, see Citations:trá.

          Descendants

          • Irish: trá

          Mutation

          Mutation of trá
          radical lenition nasalization
          trá thrá trá
          pronounced with /d̪-/

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

          References

          1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96), “trá”, in Lexique étymologique de l’irlandais ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page T-120

          Further reading

          Portuguese

          Verb

          trá

          1. apocopic form of traz; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

          Vietnamese

          Pronunciation

          Verb

          trá

          1. to gild (cover with a thin layer of gold)

          References

          Anagrams

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