triúr

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Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: trí
    Ordinal: tríú
    Personal: triúr
Triúr

Etymology

From the dative case of Old Irish tríar.[1] Analyzable as trí + fear.

Pronunciation

Noun

triúr m (genitive singular triúir, nominative plural triúir) (triggers no mutation)

  1. a group of three people
    triúr iníonacha aici.
    She has three daughters.
    Chuamar ár dtriúr chuig an bpictiúrlann.
    The three of us went to the cinema.

Usage notes

  • Generally used with the genitive plural or a plural possessive determiner when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

Declension of triúr (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative triúr triúir
vocative a thriúir a thriúra
genitive triúir triúr
dative triúr triúir
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an triúr na triúir
genitive an triúir na dtriúr
dative leis an triúr
don triúr
leis na triúir
  • trí (three) (non-personal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of triúr
radical lenition eclipsis
triúr thriúr dtriúr

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “triúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language