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

Mutated forms of tréimhse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tréimhse	thréimhse	dtréimhse

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) “tréimhse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tréimse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tréimhse”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tréimhse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024