treise

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish treise (“strength, vigour, power”).

Noun

treise f (genitive singular treise)

  1. strength, power, dominance; force, emphasis
Declension
Declension of treise

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative treise
Vocative a threise
Genitive treise
Dative treise

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an treise
Genitive na treise
Dative leis an treise

don treise

Alternative forms
  • treiseacht f
Derived terms
  • aintreise f (“violence, oppression”)
  • treiseoir m (“booster”)
  • treisigh (“strengthen, reinforce, fortify; gather strength”, verb)
  • treisiúil (“strong, forceful, vigorous”, adjective)

Adjective

treise

  1. comparative degree of tréan (“strong, powerful; intense, violent”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
treise threise dtreise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "treise" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 treise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From trén (“strong”).

Noun

treise f

  1. strength, vigour, power
Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
  • treisecht f (“strength, power”)
  • treisiugad (“the prefixing of ‘t’ to vowels after the definite article”)
  • treisset (“strength, might”)
  • treissid (“violates, disturbs”, verb)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From trí (“three”).

Noun

treise f

  1. triduum, period of three days
Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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

References
  • “1 treise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 treise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

treise

  1. Alternative form of treasa
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