trácht

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːxt̪ˠ/

From Old Irish tracht (“strand, shore”), from Proto-Celtic *traxtus. Cognate with Welsh traeth (“beach”).

trácht m (genitive singular tráicht, nominative plural tráicht)

1. (literary) strand, beach

   Synonyms: trá, cladach

From Old Irish trácht (“the sole of the foot, the foot”).

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta, nominative plural tráchtanna)

1. sole (of foot), tread (of tyre)
2. (anatomy) instep, arch (of foot)
3. base, base measurement
4. width, dimension

• atrácht (“retread (tyre)”, transitive verb)

From Old Irish trácht (“trade, intercourse; movement, travelling”).

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta)

1. verbal noun of trácht (“go, proceed; journey, travel”)
2. going, travelling; journey, passage; frequentation
3. traffic (on roads, in goods, etc.)

• tráchtaint (verbal noun)

• tráchtálaí (“trader”)

trácht (present analytic tráchtann, future analytic tráchtfaidh, verbal noun trácht, past participle tráchta)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to go, proceed
2. (transitive, intransitive) to journey, travel

A modern form of Old Irish tráchtad (“discourse, account, mention”) (compare tráchtadh).

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta, nominative plural tráchtanna)

1. verbal noun of trácht (“mention; discuss, comment on; relate”)
2. (with ar, thar) mention (of)

   Synonym: teacht thar

3. discourse, comment
4. (ecclesiastical) tract

• tráchtadh (verbal noun)

trácht (present analytic tráchtann, future analytic tráchtfaidh, verbal noun trácht, past participle tráchta) (transitive, intransitive)

1. mention, discuss, relate
2. relate, recite, tell, narrate, perform (with ar (“on”))

   Synonyms: ársaigh, inis, reic, aithris, eachtraigh

3. discuss, examine, consider, explore, comment on (with ar (“on”))

   Synonyms: cíor, cuir faoi chaibidil, spíon, pléigh, déan cíoradh, déan trácht

• tráchtaire (“commentator”)
• tráchtas (“treatise, dissertation; thesis”)

• tráchtaireacht (“(act of) commenting; commentary”)

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “trácht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “trácht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trácht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 trácht ‘strand, shore’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 trácht ‘the sole of the foot, the foot’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 trácht ‘trade, intercourse; movement, travelling’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 trácht ‘discourse, account, mention’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tráchtad ‘act of discussing; commentary, interpretation’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language