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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From the dative case of Old Irish tríar (compare Irish triúr), from the Old Irish equivalents of trì and fear.
Pronunciation
Noun
triùir f (plural triùirean)
- three
Usage notes
- Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
- Following noun is in the genitive:
- triùir bhalach ― three boys
- Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
- triùir de bhalaich ― three boys
- Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
- an triùir dhiubh / aca ― the three of them
- Also used on its own:
- Bha triùir ann. ― There were three.
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 740
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “triùir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tríar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language