# trá
## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish tráig (“strand, shore, ebb-tide”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠɑːɟ/ (corresponding to the form tráigh)
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/, (genitive) /tˠrˠɑːw/ (corresponding more closely to the form trágha, but influenced by the pronunciation of the verbal noun trághadh)
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠaːj/ (corresponding to the form tráigh)

#### Noun

trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)
* beach, strand, (sandy) seashore
    Synonym: cladach
** (beach at) low water
* (sailing) foreshore

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
trá
tránna
vocative
a thrá
a thránna
genitive
trá
tránna
dative
trá
tránna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an trá
na tránna
genitive
na trá
na dtránna
dative
leis an trá don trá
leis na tránna :

##### Alternative forms

* tráigh
Note: the pronunciation in many dialects of Ulster, Connacht, and Munster is in fact better represented by this form.

##### Derived terms

* biolar trá
* bóthar trá
* bróga trá
* cuileann trá
* gráinneog trá
* imeall trá
* Iúr Cinn Trá
* ladhrán trá
* leath trá
* praiseach thrá
* scréachóg thrá
* sliogán trá
* sruth trá
* taoide trá
* Trá Lí
* trá shlogach
* urthrá

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tráiged, verbal noun of tráigid.

#### Pronunciation

* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠɑːw/ (corresponding to the spelling trághadh)
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠaːw/ (corresponding to the spelling trághadh)

#### Noun

trá m (genitive singular trá)
* verbal noun of tráigh
* ebb
    Ní fhanann trá le fear mall. ― An ebb does not wait for a slow man.
* subsidence, decline

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
trá
vocative
a thrá
genitive
trá
dative
trá
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an trá
genitive
an trá
dative
leis an trá don trá :

##### Alternative forms

* trághadh (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* gan trá
* tuile agus trá

### Etymology 3

From Old Irish trá (“then, therefore, so, indeed”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠaː/

#### Adverb

trá
* (literary) then, indeed; however

#### Conjunction

trá
* (literary) then, indeed; however

#### Alternative forms

* tra

### Etymology 4

See treá.

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠɑː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠaː/

#### Noun

trá f (genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)
* Alternative form of treá (“spear”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
trá
tránna
vocative
a thrá
a thránna
genitive
trá
tránna
dative
trá
tránna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an trá
na tránna
genitive
na trá
na dtránna
dative
leis an trá don trá
leis na tránna :

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “trá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “trá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tráig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 538, page 100
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 379, page 127
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], 182 (vi) (b), page 80
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* .t. (abbreviation)
* thrá

### Etymology

Unknown. Maybe related to tar (“across”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [traː]

### Adverb

trá (never clause-initial)
* now, therefore, then (in conclusion to what comes before)
    Synonym: did(i)u
For quotations using this term, see Citations:trá.

#### Descendants

* Irish: trá

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “trá”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page T-120

### Further reading

* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 901, pages 557–58; reprinted 2017
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Portuguese
### Verb

trá
* Apocopic form of traz; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕaː˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʈaː˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʈaː˦˥]

### Verb

trá
* to gild (cover with a thin layer of gold)

### References

* "trá" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

### Anagrams

* rát