traona

Irish

Alternative forms

tradhna, traghna

Etymology

From Old Irish tragna.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠeːnˠə/, [ˈt̪ˠɾˠɛə̯nˠə]; (older) /ˈt̪ˠɾˠɤːnˠə/

Noun

traona m (genitive singular traona, nominative plural traonaí)

Ulster form of traonach (“corncrake, landrail”)

Descendants

Declension of traon

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	traon	traonaí
Vocative	a thraon	a thraonaí
Genitive	traon	traonaí
Dative	traon	traonaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an traon	na traonaí
Genitive	an traon	na dtraonaí
Dative	leis an traon don traon	leis na traonaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
traona	thraona	dtraona
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“traonach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “traona”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 749
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “traonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

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