tríocha

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Irish

Irish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tríocha
    Ordinal : tríochadú

Etymology

From Middle Irish trícha, from Old Irish trícho, from Proto-Celtic *trīkontes (compare Breton tregont).

Numeral

tríocha

  1. thirty

Usage notes

  • Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:
  • tríocha carrthirty cars
  • tríocha beanthirty women
  • tríocha bliainthirty years

Derived terms

Noun

tríocha m (genitive singular tríochad, nominative plural tríochaidí)

  1. thirty

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tríocha thríocha dtríocha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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