tréimhse

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tréimse, from trí (“three”) + mí (“month”). Compare English trimester.

Noun

tréimhse f (genitive singular tréimhse, nominative plural tréimhsí)

  1. period, time
  2. time limit, limitation
  3. duration
  4. stage, term, quarter
  5. (literary) three-month period, season, quarter

Declension

Declension of tréimhse (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tréimhse tréimhsí
vocative a thréimhse a thréimhsí
genitive tréimhse tréimhsí
dative tréimhse tréimhsí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tréimhse na tréimhsí
genitive na tréimhse na dtréimhsí
dative leis an tréimhse
don tréimhse 		leis na tréimhsí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tréimhse
radical lenition eclipsis
tréimhse thréimhse dtréimhse

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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