trácht

See also: tracht and Tracht

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tracht (strand, shore), from Proto-Celtic *traxtus. Cognate with Welsh traeth (beach).

Noun

trácht m (genitive singular tráicht, nominative plural tráicht)

  1. (literary) strand, beach
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish trácht (the sole of the foot, the foot).

Noun

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta, nominative plural tráchtanna)

  1. sole (of foot), tread (of tyre)
  2. (anatomy) instep, arch (of foot)
  3. base, base measurement
  4. width, dimension
Declension
Derived terms
  • atrácht (retread (tyre), transitive verb)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish trácht (trade, intercourse; movement, travelling).

Noun

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta)

  1. verbal noun of trácht (go, proceed; journey, travel)
  2. going, travelling; journey, passage; frequentation
  3. traffic (on roads, in goods, etc.)
Declension
Alternative forms
  • tráchtaint (verbal noun)
Derived terms
  • bac tráchta (traffic block)
  • bád tráchta (cargo-boat)
  • brú tráchta (traffic congestion)
  • coinbhéirseacht tráchta (traffic convergence)
  • comharthaí tráchta (traffic-signals)
  • maor tráchta (traffic-warden)
  • oileán tráchta (traffic island)
  • plódú tráchta (congestion of traffic)
  • post-trácht (mail-order business)
  • scrogall tráchta (traffic bottleneck)
  • soilse tráchta (traffic-lights)
  • stopadh tráchta (hold-up of traffic)
  • tráchtáil ((act of) trading; trade, commerce)
  • tráchtaisnéis (statement of account)
  • tráchtearra (article of trade, commodity)
  • tráchtlong (merchantman)
  • tráchtsolas (traffic-light)
  • tranglam tráchta (traffic confusion)
  • tráchtálaí (trader)

Verb

trácht (present analytic tráchtann, future analytic tráchtfaidh, verbal noun trácht, past participle tráchta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to go, proceed
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to journey, travel
Conjugation

Etymology 4

A modern form of Old Irish tráchtad (discourse, account, mention) (compare tráchtadh).

Noun

trácht m (genitive singular tráchta, nominative plural tráchtanna)

  1. verbal noun of trácht (mention; discuss, comment on; relate)
  2. (with ar, thar) mention (of)
    Synonym: teacht thar
  3. discourse, comment
  4. (ecclesiastical) tract
Declension
Alternative forms
  • tráchtadh (verbal noun)

Verb

trácht (present analytic tráchtann, future analytic tráchtfaidh, verbal noun trácht, past participle tráchta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. mention, discuss, relate
  2. relate, recite, tell, narrate, perform (with ar (on))
    Synonyms: ársaigh, inis, reic, aithris, eachtraigh
  3. discuss, examine, consider, explore, comment on (with ar (on))
    Synonyms: cíor, cuir faoi chaibidil, spíon, pléigh, déan cíoradh, déan trácht
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • tráchtaire (commentator)
  • tráchtas (treatise, dissertation; thesis)
  • tráchtaireacht ((act of) commenting; commentary)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
trácht thrácht dtrácht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Entries containing “trácht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “trácht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

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