treabhsar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trousers, in turn from Middle Irish triubhas (“close-fitting shorts”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲəusˠəɾˠ/

Noun

treabhsar m (genitive singular treabhsair, nominative plural treabhsair)

1. (pair of) trousers

Declension

Declension of treabhsar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative treabhsar treabhsair Vocative a threabhsair a threabhsara Genitive treabhsair treabhsar Dative treabhsar treabhsair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an treabhsar na treabhsair Genitive an treabhsair na dtreabhsar Dative leis an treabhsar don treabhsar leis na treabhsair

Synonyms

• bríste
• triús

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
treabhsar	threabhsar	dtreabhsar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “treabhsar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN