troigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish traig, from Proto-Celtic *tregess, from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to run, walk”).

Pronunciation

Noun

troigh f (genitive singular troighe, nominative plural troithe)

  1. foot (of human; unit of measurement; metrical unit)

Declension
Declension of troigh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative troigh troithe
Vocative a throigh a throithe
Genitive troighe troithe
Dative troigh troithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an troigh na troithe
Genitive na troighe na dtroithe
Dative leis an troigh

don troigh

 leis na troithe

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
troigh throigh dtroigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish traig, from Proto-Celtic *tregess, from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to run, walk”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /trɔç/

Noun

troigh f (genitive singular troighe, plural troighean)

  1. (measurement): foot

Derived terms

See also

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