Irish

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Irish numbers (edit)
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3
    Cardinal: tríocha
    Ordinal: tríochadú

Etymology

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From Middle Irish trícha, from Old Irish trícho, from Proto-Celtic *trīkontes (compare Breton tregont).

Numeral

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tríocha

  1. thirty

Usage notes

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  • Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:
  • tríocha carrthirty cars
  • tríocha beanthirty women
  • tríocha bliainthirty years

Derived terms

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Noun

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tríocha m (genitive singular tríochad, nominative plural tríochaidí)

  1. thirty

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tríocha thríocha dtríocha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • thirty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • tríocha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024, 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