Irish

Noun 1

trá f ‎(genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

1. beach, strand
2. (sailing) foreshore

Declension

Alternative forms

• tráigh (nonstandard)

Synonyms

• cladach

Derived terms

• cuileann trá m ‎(“sea holly”)
• scréachóg thrá f ‎(“common tern, taring”)
• sliogán trá ‎(“seashell”)
• urthrá f ‎(“foreshore”)

Noun 2

trá m ‎(genitive singular trá)

1. verbal noun of tráigh
2. ebb

   Ní fhanann trá le fear mall.‎

   An ebb does not wait for a slow man.

3. subsidence, decline

Declension

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• tra

Adverb

trá

1. (literary) then, indeed; however

Conjunction

trá

1. (literary) then, indeed; however

Etymology 3

Noun

trá f ‎(genitive singular trá, nominative plural tránna)

1. Alternative form of treá ‎(“spear”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "trá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “trá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “tráig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.