tréan
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- treun (oboslete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish trén, from Proto-Celtic *trexsnos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tréan (genitive singular masculine tréin, genitive singular feminine tréine, plural tréana, comparative treise or tréine)
- strong, powerful [+ ar (object) = over], mighty, doughty
- Synonyms: láidir, neartmhar, cumhactach
- violent, intensive
Declension[edit]
Declension of tréan
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tréan | thréan | tréana; thréana² | |
Vocative | thréin | tréana | ||
Genitive | tréine | tréana | tréan | |
Dative | tréan; thréan¹ |
thréan; thréin (archaic) |
tréana; thréana² | |
Comparative | níos treise | |||
Superlative | is treise |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tréan | thréan | dtréan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “tréan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tréan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 751
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60