trisgata

Old Irish

Etymology

From tre (through) + gataid (take off).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tr͈isˈɡada/

Verb

tris·gata (verbal noun tregatt)

  1. to pierce
    • c. 815-840, published in "The Monastery of Tallaght", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1911-1912, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Edward J. Gwynn and Walter J. Purton, vol. 29, pp. 115–179, paragraph 85,
      Is in deniu aibritid tres·ngata na huile dúile súas co ricci riched.
      Faster than the blink of an eye, [the sign of the Cross] traverses [lit. pierces through] all the elements up to heaven.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tregtaid
    • Irish: treaghd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tris·gata tris·gata
pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/
tris·ngata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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