treoir

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See also: treòir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish treorach, from Proto-Celtic *treg-ri, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).

Pronunciation

Noun

treoir f (genitive singular treorach, nominative plural treoracha)

  1. guidance, direction, instruction, directive
  2. indicator, gauge, index
  3. movement, progress; effort, strength; help
  4. (weaponry) sight

Declension

Declension of treoir (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative treoir treoracha
vocative a threoir a threoracha
genitive treorach treoracha
dative treoir treoracha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an treoir na treoracha
genitive na treorach na dtreoracha
dative leis an treoir
don treoir 		leis na treoracha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of treoir
radical lenition eclipsis
treoir threoir dtreoir

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “treoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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