treabhsar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trousers, in turn from Irish triús (“close-fitting shorts”), of which it is a doublet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲɾʲəusˠəɾˠ/

Noun

treabhsar m (genitive singular treabhsair, nominative plural treabhsair)

  1. (pair of) trousers

Declension

Declension of treabhsar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative treabhsar treabhsair
vocative a threabhsair a threabhsara
genitive treabhsair treabhsar
dative treabhsar treabhsair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an treabhsar na treabhsair
genitive an treabhsair na dtreabhsar
dative leis an treabhsar
don treabhsar 		leis na treabhsair

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of treabhsar
radical lenition eclipsis
treabhsar threabhsar dtreabhsar

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

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