triúr

Irish

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Cardinal: trí     Ordinal: tríú     Personal: triúr

Triúr

Etymology

From the dative case of Old Irish tríar.^[1] Analyzable as trí + fear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲuːɾˠ/

Noun

triúr m (genitive singular triúir, nominative plural triúir) (triggers no mutation)

1. a group of three people

   Tá triúr iníonacha aici.

   She has three daughters.

   Chuamar ár dtriúr chuig an bpictiúrlann.

   The three of us went to the cinema.

Usage notes

• Generally used with the genitive plural or a plural possessive determiner when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

Declension of triúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative triúr triúir vocative a thriúir a thriúra genitive triúir triúr dative triúr triúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an triúr na triúir genitive an triúir na dtriúr dative leis an triúr don triúr leis na triúir

Related terms

• trí (“three”) (non-personal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of triúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
triúr	thriúr	dtriúr

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

References

1. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “triúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language