tois

See also: Tois, toi5, τοις, and τοῖς

French

Etymology

A corruption of trois (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/

Numeral

tois (invariable)

1. An aphasic placeholder for any number, the precise number indicated otherwise.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tois.

Irish

Noun

tois f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)

1. Alternative form of toise (“size, measure, measurement; dimension”)

Declension

Declension of tois (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tois toisí vocative a thois a thoisí genitive toise toisí dative tois toisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tois na toisí genitive na toise na dtoisí dative leis an tois don tois leis na toisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of tois

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tois	thois	dtois

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

tois

1. (of an animal) toes (digits of the foot)
   • ante 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Cambridge Univ. Lib. Gg. 4. 27), lines B4,521–2:

     This Chauntecleer stood hye vp-on hise tois // Strechynge his neke & held his eyen clos

     This Chanticleer stood high upon his toes // Stretching his neck and held his eyne close