trethan

Old Irish

Etymology

Has been folk-etymologized as tre- (“through”) +‎ tonn (“wave”),[1] but Stifter believes that in reality it is from the oblique stem of triäth (“sea”).

Noun

trethan m (genitive trethain)

  1. sea, especially when stormy or rough
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 66b1
      trethan ― glosses Latin gurges

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative trethan trethanL trethainL
Vocative trethain trethanL trethnuH
Accusative trethanN trethanL trethnuH
Genitive trethainL trethan trethanN
Dative trethanL trethnaib trethnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
trethan threthan trethan
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Binchy, D. A. (1966) “Varia III”, in Ériu‎, volume 20, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved July 20, 2022, pages 229–237

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