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treoir.

guidance, direction, instruction, directive

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/tʲɾʲoːɾʲ/Connacht, Munster/tʲɾʲɔːɾʲ/Ulster
  1. guidance, direction, instruction, directive

    feminine
  2. gauge

    feminine
  3. sight

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish treorach, from Proto-Celtic *treg-ri-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).

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