tréimhse

Irish

Alternative forms

• tréimse

Etymology

From Old Irish tréimse, from trí (“three”) + mí (“month”). Compare English trimester.

Noun

tréimhse f (genitive singular tréimhse, nominative plural tréimhsí)

1. period, time
2. time limit, limitation
3. duration
4. stage, term, quarter
5. (literary) three-month period, season, quarter

Declension

Declension of tréimhse

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tréimhse tréimhsí Vocative a thréimhse a thréimhsí Genitive tréimhse tréimhsí Dative tréimhse tréimhsí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tréimhse na tréimhsí Genitive na tréimhse na dtréimhsí Dative leis an tréimhse don tréimhse leis na tréimhsí

Derived terms

• An Tréimhse Iúrasach f (“the Jurassic Period”)
• An Tréimhse Neoiliteach f (“the Neolithic Period”)
• lacht-tréimhse f (“lactation period”)
• tréimhse ghoir f (“incubation period”)
• tréimhse iompair f (“period of gestation”)
• tréimhse rothlaithe pláinéid f (“period of planet's revolution”)
• tréimhse seirbhíse f (“period of service”)
• tréimhseachán m (“periodical”)
• tréimhsiúil (“periodical”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tréimhse	thréimhse	dtréimhse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tréimhse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tréimse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “tréimhse” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tréimhse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.