triùir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

triùir f

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.

Related terms

• trì