trian

== English == === Etymology === See in trian aspect === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪən/ === Adjective === trian (heraldry) Only used in in trian aspect === Anagrams === Artin, tairn, riant, intra-, Trina, Tarin, atrin, train, Train, Tiran, airnt, tarin == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrian/ Rhymes: -ian Syllabification: tri‧an === Adjective === trian accusative singular of tria == Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish trían, from Old Irish trïan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʲɾʲiən̪ˠ/, /tʲɾʲiənˠ/ === Noun === trian m (genitive singular triain, nominative plural trianta or treana) third (one of three equal parts of a whole) ==== Usage notes ==== This word frequently irregularly undergoes eclipsis rather than lenition after dhá (“two”): dhá dtrian ― two thirds. This is a remnant of Old Irish, in which trïan was a neuter noun, and neuter nouns undergo eclipsis after dá. ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === “trian”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “trian”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 755 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “trian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *triyanom. Cognate to Gaulish trianis and Welsh traean. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̠ʲɾʲi.ən/ (Blasse) [ˈt̠ʲɾʲi.an] (Griffith) [ˈt̠ʲɾʲi.ən] === Noun === trïan n (genitive trïuin) a third (1/3) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: trían Irish: trian Scottish Gaelic: trian === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish trían, from Old Irish trïan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰɾiən/ === Noun === trian m (genitive singular trian, plural trianan) third ==== Related terms ==== trì === Mutation ===