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

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲoːɾʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲɔːɾʲ/

Noun

treoir f (genitive singular treorach, nominative plural treoracha)

guidance, direction, instruction, directive
indicator, gauge, index
movement, progress; effort, strength; help
(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

cúltreoir
i dtreoir (“in order, ready”)
ó threoir (“out of action, in disrepair”)
treoir ghairme (“vocational guidance”)
treoir luais (“speed indicator”)
treoir ola (“oil-gauge”)
treoir ordóige (“thumb-index”)
treoir thairní (“nail-mould”)
treoraigh
tríd an treoir (“throughout the course of events, throughout”)

Related terms

treo

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
treoir	threoir	dtreoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “treoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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