triarach

Irish

Etymology

From triar +‎ -ach.

Adjective

triarach (genitive singular masculine triaraigh, genitive singular feminine triaraí, plural triaracha, not comparable)

1. triple, treble, triplicate

Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	triarach	thriarach	triaracha; thriaracha²
Vocative	thriaraigh		triaracha
Genitive		triaraí	triaracha	triarach
Dative	triarach; thriarach¹	thriarach; thriaraigh (archaic)	triaracha; thriaracha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Declension of triarach

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• nasc triarach

Noun

triarach m (genitive singular triaraigh, nominative plural triaraigh)

1. triplicate

Declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative triarach triaraigh Vocative a thriaraigh a thriaracha Genitive triaraigh triarach Dative triarach triaraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an triarach na triaraigh Genitive an triaraigh na dtriarach Dative leis an triarach don triarach leis na triaraigh

Declension of triarach

First declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
triarach	thriarach	dtriarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “triarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “triarach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024