treoir

See also: treòir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish treorach, from Proto-Celtic *treg-ri, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲɔːɾʲ/

Noun

treoir f (genitive singular treorach, nominative plural treoracha)

1. guidance, direction, instruction, directive
2. indicator, gauge, index
3. movement, progress; effort, strength; help
4. (weaponry) sight

Declension

Declension of treoir

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative treoir treoracha Vocative a threoir a threoracha Genitive treorach treoracha Dative treoir treoracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an treoir na treoracha Genitive na treorach na dtreoracha Dative leis an treoir don treoir leis na treoracha

Derived terms

• cúltreoir
• i dtreoir (“in order, ready”)
• ó threoir (“out of action, in disrepair”)
• treoir ghairme (“vocational guidance”)
• treoir luais (“speed indicator”)
• treoir ola (“oil-gauge”)
• treoir ordóige (“thumb-index”)
• treoir thairní (“nail-mould”)
• treoraigh
• tríd an treoir (“throughout the course of events, throughout”)

 

Related terms

• treo

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
treoir	threoir	dtreoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “treoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language