treascair
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish trescraid, trascraid, tascraid, from Old Irish do·scara (prototonic ·tascra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʲrʲasˠkəɾʲ/
Verb
treascair (present analytic treascraíonn, future analytic treascróidh, verbal noun treascairt, past participle treascartha)
- (transitive) fell
- knock down
- overthrow (of government)
- vanquish
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | treascaím | treascaíonn tú; treascaír† |
treascaíonn sé, sí | treascaímid; treascaíonn muid |
treascaíonn sibh | treascaíonn siad; treascaíd† |
a threascaíonn; a threascaíos | treascaítear |
| past | threascair mé; threascaíos | threascair tú; threascaís | threascair sé, sí | threascaíomar; threascair muid | threascair sibh; threascaíobhair | threascair siad; threascaíodar | a threascair | treascaíodh |
| past habitual | threascaínn / treascaínn‡ |
threascaíteá / treascaíteᇠ|
threascaíodh sé, sí / treascaíodh sé, sí‡ |
threascaímis; threascaíodh muid / treascaímis‡; treascaíodh muid‡ |
threascaíodh sibh / treascaíodh sibh‡ |
threascaídís; threascaíodh / treascaídís‡; treascaíodh siad‡ |
a threascaíodh | threascaítí / treascaítí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | treascóidh mé; treascód; treascóchaidh mé† |
treascóidh tú; treascóir†; treascóchaidh tú† |
treascóidh sé, sí; treascóchaidh sé, sí† |
treascóimid; treascóidh muid; treascóchaimid†; treascóchaidh muid† |
treascóidh sibh; treascóchaidh sibh† |
treascóidh siad; treascóid†; treascóchaidh siad† |
a threascóidh; a threascós; a threascóchaidh†; a threascóchas† | treascófar; treascóchar† |
| conditional | threascóinn; threascóchainn† / treascóinn‡; treascóchainn†‡ |
threascófá; threascóchthᆠ/ treascófá‡; treascóchthᆇ |
threascódh sé, sí; threascóchadh sé, sí† / treascódh sé, sí‡; treascóchadh sé, s톇 |
threascóimis; threascódh muid; threascóchaimis†; threascóchadh muid† / treascóimis‡; treascódh muid‡; treascóchaimis†‡; treascóchadh muid†‡ |
threascódh sibh; threascóchadh sibh† / treascódh sibh‡; treascóchadh sibh†‡ |
threascóidís; threascódh siad; threascóchaidís†; threascóchadh siad† / treascóidís‡; treascódh siad‡; treascóchaidís†‡; treascóchadh siad†‡ |
a threascódh; a threascóchadh† | threascófaí; threascóchthaí† / treascófaí‡; treascóchtha톇 |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | go dtreascaí mé; go dtreascaíod† |
go dtreascaí tú; go dtreascaír† |
go dtreascaí sé, sí | go dtreascaímid; go dtreascaí muid |
go dtreascaí sibh | go dtreascaí siad; go dtreascaíd† |
— | go dtreascaítear |
| past | dá dtreascaínn | dá dtreascaíteá | dá dtreascaíodh sé, sí | dá dtreascaímis; dá dtreascaíodh muid |
dá dtreascaíodh sibh | dá dtreascaídís; dá dtreascaíodh siad |
— | dá dtreascaítí |
| imperative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | treascaím | treascair | treascaíodh sé, sí | treascaímis | treascaígí; treascaídh† |
treascaídís | — | treascaítear |
| past participle | treascartha | |||||||
| verbal noun | treascairt | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Related terms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| treascair | threascair | dtreascair |
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), “treascair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN