tois

See also: toi5, τοις, and τοῖς

French

Etymology

A corruption of trois (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/

Numeral

tois

1. An aphasic placeholder for any number, the precise number indicated otherwise.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tois.

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Irish

Noun

tois f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)

1. Alternative form of toise (“size, measure, measurement; dimension”)

Declension

Declension of tois

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tois toisí Vocative a thois a thoisí Genitive toise toisí Dative tois toisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tois na toisí Genitive na toise na dtoisí Dative leis an tois don tois leis na toisí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tois	thois	dtois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with clos (“closed”, “shut”, literally “close”).

Noun

tois

1. (of an animal) toes (digits of the foot)
   • ante 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Cambridge Univ. Lib. Gg. 4. 27), lines B4,521–2:

     This Chauntecleer stood hye vp-on hise tois // Strechynge his neke & held his eyen clos

     This Chanticleer stood high upon his toes // Stretching his neck and held his eyne close