Definify.com

Definition 2025

traig

traig

See also: tráig

Old Irish

Noun

traig f ‎(genitive traiged, nominative plural traigid)

(usually human, occasionally animal) foot
step
foot (unit of measure)

Declension

Feminine t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	traig	traigid^L, traig^L	traigid
Vocative	traig	traigid^L, traig^L	traigthea^H
Accusative	traigid^N, traig^N	traigid^L, traig^L	traigthea^H
Genitive	traiged	traiged^L	traiged^N
Dative	traigid^L, traig^L	traigthib	traigthib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: troigh
Manx: trie
Scottish Gaelic: troigh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
traig	thraig	traig pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 389

“1 traig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Similar Results