traig

See also: tráig and träig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tregess, from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to run, walk”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run”) and Serbo-Croatian trȃg (“trace”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traɣʲ/

Noun

traig f (genitive traiged, nominative plural traigid)

1. (usually human, occasionally animal) foot
2. step
3. foot (unit of measure)

Declension

Feminine t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	traig	traigidL, traig	traigid
Vocative	traig	traigidL, traig	traigthea
Accusative	traigidN, traig	traigidL, traig	traigthea
Genitive	traiged	traiged	traigedN
Dative	traigidL, traig	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

Mutation of traig

radical	lenition	nasalization
traig	thraig	traig pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 389

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 traig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language