tréimhse

Irish

Alternative forms

tréimse

Etymology

From Old Irish tréimse, from trí (“three”) + mí (“month”).

Noun

tréimhse f (genitive singular tréimhse, nominative plural tréimhsí)

period, time
time limit, limitation
duration
stage, term, quarter
(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”)
tréimhseachán m (“periodical”)
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”)
tréimhsiúil (“periodical”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tréimhse	thréimhse	dtréimhse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"tréimhse" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“tréimse” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “tréimhse” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “tréimhse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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