treisigh

Irish

Etymology

From treise (“strength, power, dominance; force, emphasis”) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb

treisigh (present analytic treisíonn, future analytic treiseoidh, verbal noun treisiú, past participle treisithe)

(transitive) to strengthen, reinforce, fortify, emphasize
(transitive) to boost, intensify
(intransitive) to gather strength

Conjugation

Conjugation of *treisigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	treisím	treisíonn tú; treisír^†	treisíonn sé, sí	treisímid; treisíonn muid	treisíonn sibh	treisíonn siad; treisíd^†	a threisíonn; a threisíos	treisítear
past	threisigh mé; threisíos	threisigh tú; threisís	threisigh sé, sí	threisíomar; threisigh muid	threisigh sibh; threisíobhair	threisigh siad; threisíodar	a threisigh	treisíodh
past habitual	threisínn / treisínn^‡	threisíteá / treisíteá^‡	threisíodh sé, sí / treisíodh sé, sí^‡	threisímis; threisíodh muid / treisímis^‡; treisíodh muid^‡	threisíodh sibh / treisíodh sibh^‡	threisídís; threisíodh / treisídís^‡; treisíodh siad^‡	a threisíodh	threisítí / treisítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	treiseoidh mé; treiseod; treiseochaidh mé^†	treiseoidh tú; treiseoir^†; treiseochaidh tú^†	treiseoidh sé, sí; treiseochaidh sé, sí^†	treiseoimid; treiseoidh muid; treiseochaimid^†; treiseochaidh muid^†	treiseoidh sibh; treiseochaidh sibh^†	treiseoidh siad; treiseoid^†; treiseochaidh siad^†	a threiseoidh; a threiseos; a threiseochaidh^†; a threiseochas^†	treiseofar; treiseochar^†
conditional	threiseoinn; threiseochainn^† / treiseoinn^‡; treiseochainn^†^‡	threiseofá; threiseochthá^† / treiseofá^‡; treiseochthá^†^‡	threiseodh sé, sí; threiseochadh sé, sí^† / treiseodh sé, sí^‡; treiseochadh sé, sí^†^‡	threiseoimis; threiseodh muid; threiseochaimis^†; threiseochadh muid^† / treiseoimis^‡; treiseodh muid^‡; treiseochaimis^†^‡; treiseochadh muid^†^‡	threiseodh sibh; threiseochadh sibh^† / treiseodh sibh^‡; treiseochadh sibh^†^‡	threiseoidís; threiseodh siad; threiseochaidís^†; threiseochadh siad^† / treiseoidís^‡; treiseodh siad^‡; treiseochaidís^†^‡; treiseochadh siad^†^‡	a threiseodh; a threiseochadh^†	threiseofaí; threiseochthaí^† / treiseofaí^‡; treiseochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go dtreisí mé; go dtreisíod^†	go dtreisí tú; go dtreisír^†	go dtreisí sé, sí	go dtreisímid; go dtreisí muid	go dtreisí sibh	go dtreisí siad; go dtreisíd^†	—	go dtreisítear
past	dá dtreisínn	dá dtreisíteá	dá dtreisíodh sé, sí	dá dtreisímis; dá dtreisíodh muid	dá dtreisíodh sibh	dá dtreisídís; dá dtreisíodh siad	—	dá dtreisítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	treisím	treisigh	treisíodh sé, sí	treisímis	treisígí; treisídh^†	treisídís	—	treisítear

past participle	treisithe

verbal noun	treisiú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Synonyms

(boost): neartaigh le, cuir le

Derived terms

coincréit threisithe (“reinforced concrete”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *treisigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
treisigh	threisigh	dtreisigh

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