n u, m. vn. of 1 tráchtaid act of discussing; commentary, interpretation: ar trachtad són `our commentary,' Ml. 25a4 . is he a trachtad, 46c14 . forsani as .corda. trachtad lesom anisiu, 53a1 . resin chanoin hisiu atá a trachtad, 57a12 . do trachtad int sailm, 25a6 , 7 . inna trachtaib, 35b22 , Celtica xix 178 . tractad gl. commentum, Sg. 179a3 . hisin tráctad, 4b11 . annsa chorp, annsa trachtadh, O'Curry 283 ( H 3.18, 151 ). corp ┐ tráctad `text and commentary,' RC viii 358.z . gorab den fri trachta[d] .i. gorab ... daingen in trachta[d] ceille doberr as na corpa, O'Dav. 737. drecht d'écsib ceta bátar | cardáis tractad cech cetail, Metr. Dinds. iii 104.10 . ic trachtad libair Ióib, PH 5681 . ac trachtad na coibige fathachdo so commenting on this prophetic text, YBL 169b24 . an Tuathal Teachtmhar-so ar a bhfuilmíd ag tráchtadh, Keat. ii 3930 . cá nídh dhamh tráchtadh ort, Hard. i 8.7 . trachtadh, toirbheart `tradition, a treatise,' Eg. Gl. 607 . trāchtad ... do ptisis, RSláinte 1639 . See 4 trácht.