triús

See also: -trius

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trews.

Noun

triús m (genitive singular triúis, nominative plural triúis)

(pair of) trousers, trews

Declension

Declension of triús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	triús	triúis
Vocative	a thriúis	a thriúsa
Genitive	triúis	triús
Dative	triús	triúis

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an triús	na triúis
Genitive	an triúis	na dtriús
Dative	leis an triús don triús	leis na triúis

Synonyms

bríste m

Derived terms

Máirín an triúis (“female stonechat”)
triús cnis m (“tights”)
triús marcaíochta m (“jodhpurs”)
triús-sciorta m (“pantskirt”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
triús	thriús	dtriús
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"triús" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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