triús

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See also: -trius

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish triubus, probably a borrowing from Old French trebus (“sort of foot covering”), from Late Latin tubrucus, tribuces (“thigh breeches”) (attested by Isidore), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to split, break”), possibly via Germanic (Old High German theobroch (“gaiters”), Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks)).[1]

Noun

triús m (genitive singular triúis, nominative plural triúis)

  1. (pair of) trousers, trews

Declension

Declension of triús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative triús triúis
Vocative a thriúis a thriúsa
Genitive triúis triús
Dative triús triúis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an triús na triúis
Genitive an triúis na dtriús
Dative leis an triús

don triús

leis na triúis

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
triús thriús dtriús
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ David MacRitchie (1904) “The Celtic Trews”, in The Scottish Historical Review‎, volume 1, number 4, Edinburgh University Press, retrieved 8 July 2024, page 398

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