triathach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish tríathach (“noble”), from tríath (“lord, chieftain, king”).
Adjective
triathach (genitive singular masculine triathaigh, genitive singular feminine triathaí, plural triathacha, comparative triathaí)
Declension
Declension of triathach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | triathach | thriathach | triathacha; thriathacha² | |
| Vocative | thriathaigh | triathacha | ||
| Genitive | triathaí | triathacha | triathach | |
| Dative | triathach; thriathach¹ |
thriathach; thriathaigh (archaic) |
triathacha; thriathacha² | |
| Comparative | níos triathaí | |||
| Superlative | is triathaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| triathach | thriathach | dtriathach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tríathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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