trilseán

Irish

Alternative forms

• treillseán, trillseán, tríllseáin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish trillsén. By surface analysis, trilis (“tress; torch”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɪl̠ʲʃanˠ/, /ˈtʲɾʲɪl̠ʲʃan̪ˠ/

Noun

trilseán m (genitive singular trilseáin, nominative plural trilseáin)

1. tress, braid, plait

   Synonyms: dlaoi, dual

   trilseán oinniún ― string of onions

2. (historical) plaited rushlight
3. (historical) torch, link (torch used to light dark streets)

   Synonym: tóirse

Declension

Declension of trilseán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative trilseán trilseáin Vocative a thrilseáin a thrilseána Genitive trilseáin trilseán Dative trilseán trilseáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an trilseán na trilseáin Genitive an trilseáin na dtrilseán Dative leis an trilseán don trilseán leis na trilseáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• “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