tríocha

Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
 ←  20  ←  29 30 40  → [a], [b], [c]
3
    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

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
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