trian

English

Etymology

See in trian aspect

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪən/

Adjective

trian

1. (heraldry) Only used in in trian aspect

Anagrams

• Artin, tairn, riant, intra-, Trina, Tarin, atrin, train, Train, Tiran, airnt, tarin

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Adjective

trian

1. accusative singular of tria

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish trían, from Old Irish trïan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲiən̪ˠ/, /tʲɾʲiənˠ/

Noun

trian m (genitive singular triain, nominative plural trianta or treana)

1. third (one of three equal parts of a whole)

Usage notes

This word frequently irregularly undergoes eclipsis rather than lenition after dhá (“two”): dhá dtrian ― two thirds. This is a remnant of Old Irish, in which trïan was a neuter noun, and neuter nouns undergo eclipsis after dá.

Declension

Declension of trian (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative trian trianta vocative a thriain a thrianta genitive triain trianta dative trian trianta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an trian na trianta genitive an triain na dtrianta dative leis an trian don trian leis na trianta

Mutation

Mutated forms of trian

radical	lenition	eclipsis
trian	thrian	dtrian

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “trian”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “trian”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 755
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *triyanom. Cognate to Gaulish trianis and Welsh traean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲrʲi.an]

Noun

trïan n (genitive trïuin)

1. a third (1/3)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	trïanN	trïanN	trïanL, tréna
Vocative	trïanN	trïanN	trïanL, tréna
Accusative	trïanN	trïanN	trïanL, tréna
Genitive	trïuinL	trïan	trïanN
Dative	trïunL	trénaib	trénaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: trían
  • Irish: trian
  • Scottish Gaelic: trian

Mutation

Mutation of trian

radical	lenition	nasalization
triän	thriän	triän pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish trían, from Old Irish trïan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɾiən/

Noun

trian m (genitive singular trian, plural trianan)

1. third

Related terms

• trì

Mutation

Mutation of trian

radical	lenition
trian	thrian

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.