trian

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English

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Etymology

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See in trian aspect

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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trian

  1. (heraldry) Only used in in trian aspect

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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trian

  1. accusative singular of tria

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish trían, from Old Irish trïan.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʲɾʲiən̪ˠ/, /tʲɾʲiənˠ/[2]

Noun

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trian m (genitive singular triain, nominative plural trianta or treana)

  1. third (one of three equal parts of a whole)

Declension

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Declension of trian (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative trian trianta
vocative a thriain a thrianta
genitive triain trianta
dative trian trianta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an trian na trianta
genitive an triain na dtrianta
dative leis an trian
don trian
leis na trianta

Mutation

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Mutated forms of trian
radical lenition eclipsis
trian thrian dtrian

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

Usage notes

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This word frequently irregularly undergoes eclipsis rather than lenition after dhá (two): dhá dtriantwo thirds. This is a remnant of Old Irish, in which trïan was a neuter noun, and neuter nouns undergo eclipsis after .

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 trían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 388, page 129

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *triyanom. Cognate to Gaulish trianis and Welsh traean.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trïan n (genitive trïuin)

  1. a third (1/3)

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative trïanN trïanN trïanL, tréna
Vocative trïanN trïanN trïanL, tréna
Accusative trïanN trïanN trïanL, tréna
Genitive trïuinL trïan trïanN
Dative trïunL trénaib trénaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: trían

Mutation

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Mutation of trian
radical lenition nasalization
triän thriän triän
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish trían, from Old Irish trïan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trian m (genitive singular trian, plural trianan)

  1. third
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Mutation

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Mutation of trian
radical lenition
trian thrian

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