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)

1. (literary) lordly, noble

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tríathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language