triathach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish tríathach (“noble”), from tríath (“lord, chieftain, king”).
Adjective
[edit]triathach (genitive singular masculine triathaigh, genitive singular feminine triathaí, plural triathacha, comparative triathaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of triathach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | triathach | thriathach | triathacha; thriathacha² | |
Vocative | thriathaigh | triathacha | ||
Genitive | triathaí | triathacha | triathach | |
Dative | triathach; thriathach¹ |
thriathach; thriathaigh (archaic) |
triathacha; thriathacha² | |
Comparative | níos triathaí | |||
Superlative | is triathaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
triathach | thriathach | dtriathach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tríathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language