trá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːɟ/[1] (corresponding to the spelling tráigh)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːj/ (also corresponding to the spelling tráigh)

Noun

trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

  1. beach, strand, (sandy) seashore
    Synonym: cladach
    1. (beach at) low water
  2. (sailing) foreshore
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • biolar trá
  • bóthar trá
  • bróga trá
  • cuileann trá
  • gráinneog trá
  • imeall trá
  • ladhrán trá
  • leath trá
  • píobaire trá
  • praiseach thrá
  • scréachóg thrá
  • sliogán trá
  • sruth trá
  • taoide trá
  • trá shlogach
  • urthrá

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tráiged, verbal noun of tráigid.

Alternative forms

  • trághadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaːw/ (corresponding to the spelling trághadh)[2]

Noun

trá m (genitive singular trá)

  1. verbal noun of tráigh
  2. ebb
    Ní fhanann trá le fear mall.An ebb does not wait for a slow man.
  3. subsidence, decline
Declension
Derived terms
  • gan trá
  • tuile agus trá

Etymology 3

From Old Irish trá (then, therefore, so, indeed).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

trá

  1. (literary) then, indeed; however

Conjunction

trá

  1. (literary) then, indeed; however

Etymology 4

See treá.

Pronunciation

Noun

trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

  1. Alternative form of treá (spear)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
trá thrá dtrá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • .t. (abbreviation)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /traː/

Adverb

trá (never clause-initial)

  1. now, therefore, then
    Synonym: did(i)u

For quotations using this term, see Citations:trá.

Descendants

  • Irish: trá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
trá thrá trá
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Portuguese

Verb

trá

  1. Apocopic form of traz; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

trá

  1. to gild (cover with a thin layer of gold)

References

Anagrams

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