trilseán
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish trillsén. By surface analysis, trilis (“tress; torch”) + -án
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittrilseán m (genitive singular trilseáin, nominative plural trilseáin)
- tress, braid, plait
- (historical) plaited rushlight
- (historical) torch, link (torch used to light dark streets)
- Synonym: tóirse
Declension
editDeclension of trilseán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
trilseán | thrilseán | dtrilseán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “trilseán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trillsén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “trilseán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society