triús
See also: -trius
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish triubus, probably a borrowing from Old French trebus (“sort of foot covering”), from Late Latin tubrucus, tribuces (“thigh breeches”) (attested by Isidore), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to split, break”), possibly via Germanic (Old High German theobroch (“gaiters”), Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks)).[1]
Noun
triús m (genitive singular triúis, nominative plural triúis)
Declension
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Synonyms
- bríste m
Derived terms
- Máirín an triúis
- triús cnis
- triús marcaíochta
- triús-sciorta
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| triús | thriús | dtriús |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “triuḃas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 756
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “triús”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1255; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “triubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “triús”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “triús”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “triubus”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page T-146