triùir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From the dative case of Old Irish tríar (compare Irish triúr), from the Old Irish equivalents of trì and fear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɾuːɾʲ/

Noun

triùir f (plural triùirean)

1. three

Usage notes

• Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
• Following noun is in the genitive:

  triùir bhalach ― three boys

• Alternatively, de and the dative are used:

  triùir de bhalaich ― three boys

• Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig

  an triùir dhiubh / aca ― the three of them

• Also used on its own:

  Bha triùir ann. ― There were three.

Derived terms

• ceòl-triùir
• òran-triùir
• Triùir an Aon

 

Related terms

• trì

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
triùir	thriùir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “triùir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tríar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language