tràigh

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tràigh f (genitive singular tràighe or tràgha or tràghad, plural tràighean or tràinnean)

  1. (sandy) beach, seabeach, strand
    Bidh sinn a' cluiche ball-bholaidh air an tràigh a h-uile Dihaoine.We play volleyball on the beach every Friday.
  2. shore
  3. (sandy) riverbank

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

tràigh (past thràigh, future tràighidh, verbal noun tràghadh, past participle tràighte)

  1. ebb
  2. subside
  3. settle
  4. drain, empty
  5. beach (a vessel)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tràigh thràigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tràigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tráig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language