tráigh

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tráigid (“to ebb; to exhaust”, verb), from tráig (“strand, shore, ebb-tide”). Doublet of tnáith.

Verb

tráigh (present analytic tránn, future analytic tráfaidh, verbal noun trá, past participle tráite) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to ebb
  2. to abate, subside, recede, decline
    Níl tuile dá mhéad nach dtránn. (proverb)
    Nothing can last for ever; things will eventually settle down.
Conjugation
conjugation of tráigh (first conjugation – C)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tráim tránn tú;
tráir† 		tránn sé, sí tráimid tránn sibh tránn siad;
tráid† 		a thránn; a thrás /
a dtránn*; a dtrás* 		tráitear
past thráigh mé; thrás thráigh tú;
thráis 		thráigh sé, sí thrámar; thráigh muid thráigh sibh; thrábhair thráigh siad; thrádar a thráigh /
ar thráigh* 		trádh
past habitual thráinn / dtráinn‡‡ thráiteá / dtráiteᇇ thrádh sé, sí / dtrádh sé, s퇇 thráimis; thrádh muid / dtráimis‡‡; dtrádh muid‡‡ thrádh sibh / dtrádh sibh‡‡ thráidís; thrádh siad / dtráidís‡‡; dtrádh siad‡‡ a thrádh /
a dtrádh* 		thráití / dtráit퇇
future tráfaidh mé;
tráfad 		tráfaidh tú;
tráfair† 		tráfaidh sé, sí tráfaimid;
tráfaidh muid 		tráfaidh sibh tráfaidh siad;
tráfaid† 		a thráfaidh; a thráfas /
a dtráfaidh*; a dtráfas* 		tráfar
conditional thráfainn / dtráfainn‡‡ thráfá / dtráfᇇ thráfadh sé, sí / dtráfadh sé, s퇇 thráfaimis; thráfadh muid / dtráfaimis‡‡; dtráfadh muid‡‡ thráfadh sibh / dtráfadh sibh‡‡ thráfaidís; thráfadh siad / dtráfaidís‡‡; dtráfadh siad‡‡ a thráfadh /
a dtráfadh* 		thráfaí / dtráfa퇇
subjunctive present go dtrá mé;
go dtrád† 		go dtrá tú;
go dtráir† 		go dtrá sé, sí go dtráimid;
go dtrá muid 		go dtrá sibh go dtrá siad;
go dtráid† 		— go dtráitear
past dá dtráinn dá dtráiteá dá dtrádh sé, sí dá dtráimis;
dá dtrádh muid 		dá dtrádh sibh dá dtráidís;
dá dtrádh siad 		— dá dtráití
imperative tráim tráigh trádh sé, sí tráimis tráigí;
tráidh† 		tráidís — tráitear
verbal noun trá
past participle tráite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tráigh f (genitive singular trágha, nominative plural trághanna)

  1. Munster and Ulster form of trá (“strand, beach”)
Declension
Declension of tráigh

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tráigh trághanna
Vocative a thráigh a thrághanna
Genitive trágha trághanna
Dative tráigh trághanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tráigh na trághanna
Genitive na trágha na dtrághanna
Dative leis an tráigh

don tráigh

leis na trághanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tráigh thráigh dtráigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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