triantán

See also: triantan

Irish

triantán

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲiən̪ˠˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲiən̪ˠt̪ˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲiən̪ˠˈt̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

triantán m (genitive singular triantáin, nominative plural triantáin)

1. (geometry, music, cue sports) triangle
2. (electricity) delta
3. triangular section, wedge (of cake)

Declension

Declension of triantán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative triantán triantáin Vocative a thriantáin a thriantána Genitive triantáin triantán Dative triantán triantáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an triantán na triantáin Genitive an triantáin na dtriantán Dative leis an triantán don triantán leis na triantáin

Derived terms

• triantán comhchosach (“isosceles triangle”)
• triantán dronuilleach (“right-angled triangle”)
• triantán scailéanach, triantán corrshleasach (“scalene triangle”)
• triantán suthain (“love triangle”)
• triantánach (“triangular; deltoid”, adjective)
• triantánacht (“trigonometry”)
• triantánaigh (“triangulate”, transitive verb)
• triantánúil (“trigonometrical”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
triantán	thriantán	dtriantán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triantán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “triangle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024