tráig

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See also: traig and träig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trāgi (low tide, beach)

Noun

tráig m or f

  1. strand, shore
  2. ebb tide
  3. (figuratively) exhaustion, death

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tráig tráigL trágaiH
Vocative tráig tráigL trágaiH
Accusative tráigN tráigL trágaiH
Genitive trágoH, trágaH trágoH, trágaH trágaeN
Dative tráigL trágaib trágaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • tráigid (ebbs, recedes; causes to ebb; retreats, diminishes; exhausts, verb)

Descendants

  • Irish: trá
  • Manx: traaie
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràigh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tráig thráig tráig
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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