triubhas

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Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

triubhas m (genitive singular triubhais, nominative plural triubhais)

  1. Superseded spelling of triús.

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
triubhas thriubhas dtriubhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish triubus, from Old Irish trebus, probably a borrowing from Old French trebus (sort of foot covering), from Late Latin tubrucus, tribuces (thigh breeches) (attested by Isidore), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to split, break), possibly via Germanic (Old High German theobroch (gaiters), Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks)).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

triubhas m (genitive singular triubhais)

  1. trousers

Descendants[edit]

  • English: trews

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
triubhas thriubhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Scottish Historical Review. (1904). United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press for the Scottish Historical Review Trust, p. 398