tois

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See also: Tois, toi5, τοις, and τοῖς

French

Etymology

A corruption of trois (“three”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

tois (invariable)

  1. An aphasic placeholder for any number, the precise number indicated otherwise.

Irish

Noun

tois f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)

  1. Alternative form of toise (“size, measure, measurement; dimension”)

Declension

Declension of tois

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tois toisí
Vocative a thois a thoisí
Genitive toise toisí
Dative tois toisí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tois na toisí
Genitive na toise na dtoisí
Dative leis an tois

don tois

leis na toisí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tois thois dtois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “It must ultimately derive from the Old English tā (“toe”), but is presumably the plural of a Middle English singular; but which? Tō? But why the i? *Toi doesn't seem to exist as a singular form.”

Noun

tois

  1. (of an animal) toes (digits of the foot)
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