triús

See also: -trius

Irish

Alternative forms

• triubhas (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish triubus, from Old Irish trebus, 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)).

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

• bríste m

Derived terms

• Máirín an triúis
• triús cnis
• triús marcaíochta
• triús-sciorta

 

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.

Further reading

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