tríocha

Irish

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Cardinal: tríocha     Ordinal: tríochadú

Etymology

From Middle Irish trícha, from Old Irish trícho, from Proto-Celtic *trīkontes (compare Breton tregont).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲiː(ə)xə/

Numeral

tríocha

1. thirty

Usage notes

• Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:

• tríocha carr ― thirty cars
• tríocha bean ― thirty women
• tríocha bliain ― thirty years

Derived terms

• tríochadú

Noun

tríocha m (genitive singular tríochad, nominative plural tríochaidí)

1. thirty

Declension

Declension of tríocha (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative tríocha tríochaidí vocative a thríocha a thríochaidí genitive tríochad tríochaidí dative tríocha tríochaid (in certain phrases) tríochaidí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tríocha na tríochaidí genitive an tríochad na dtríochaidí dative leis an tríocha don tríocha leis na tríochaidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of tríocha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tríocha	thríocha	dtríocha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “thirty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
• “tríocha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “thirty”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tríocha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 21 May 2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “tríocha”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024