tréig

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tréicid (to abandon, forsake).

Pronunciation

Verb

tréig (present analytic tréigeann, future analytic tréigfidh, verbal noun tréigean, past participle tréigthe)

  1. (transitive) to abandon, forsake, desert, leave, fall away from
    Synonym: fág
  2. (transitive) renounce, give up
    Synonym: diúltaigh
  3. (intransitive) rat (to tell on someone)
  4. (transitive) to fail (be wanting to, be insufficient for, disappoint, desert)
  5. (intransitive) to fade (of color, to lose brightness)
  6. (intransitive) to lapse (fall into error or heresy)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of tréig
radical lenition eclipsis
tréig thréig dtréig

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tréig (past thréig, future tréigidh, verbal noun tréigsinn or tréigeadh, past participle tréigte)

  1. Superseded spelling of trèig (to abandon).

Mutation

Mutation of tréig
radical lenition
tréig thréig

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