tréitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

• tréithiúil
• tréidheach, tréigheach, tréightheach, tréighthioch, tréitheamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From tréith (“quality”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲeha(x)/

Adjective

tréitheach (genitive singular masculine tréithigh, genitive singular feminine tréithí, plural tréitheacha, comparative tréithí)

1. gifted, talented

   Synonym: éirimiúil

2. accomplished (having many accomplishments)

   Synonyms: cumasach, inniúil

3. promising (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
4. characteristic

   Synonym: sainiúil

Declension

Declension of tréitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tréitheach	thréitheach	tréitheacha; thréitheacha²
Vocative	thréithigh		tréitheacha
Genitive		tréithí	tréitheacha	tréitheach
Dative	tréitheach; thréitheach¹	thréitheach; thréithigh (archaic)	tréitheacha; thréitheacha²
Comparative	níos tréithí
Superlative	is tréithí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• dea-thréitheach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tréitheach	thréitheach	dtréitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “tréitheach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tréidech, tréithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tréiṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 753
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN