tric

See also: tříc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tricc (“swift, active, sudden, urgent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲɪc/

Adjective

tric (genitive singular feminine trice, plural trice, comparative trice)

1. quick, sudden

Declension

Declension of tric

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	tric	thric	trice; thrice2
vocative	thric		trice
genitive		trice	trice	tric
dative	tric; thric1	thric	trice; thrice2
Comparative	níos trice
Superlative	is trice

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• trice (“suddenness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tric

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tric	thric	dtric

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tricc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tricc (“swift, active, sudden, urgent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɾiçkʲ/

Adjective

tric (comparative trice)

1. frequent

Derived terms

• gu tric - often
• mar as trice, mar bu trice - usually
• tricead - frequency

Adverb

tric (comparative trice)

1. often, frequently