n
o, m. (trí +
fer,
GOI § 388
, but cf.
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii
136
). Originally disyllabic:
Fél. Jan. 24
,
Oct. 11
, etc. d
s.
tríur, later used as n
s. (triúr).
tríallaidtríar,
IGT Decl. § 76
.
triúr,
§ 96
.
(a)
three persons, trio: tigerne trír gl. trium vir,
Ir. Gl.
399
.
foxla triar do cethrur,
Laws ii 122.y
.
biathad trir,
v 60.10
.
nabad lia diis no thriur,
Wb. 13a4
. ar is dochruth
comirsire ndesse nó in tríir `unseemly is the barking (?) of
two or three at the same time,'
6
.
it ána a ndírmann | in tríir
imradam,
Fél. Oct. 11
.
cona thriur dedblén,
Jan. 24
.
ind
locáin ro gabtha | déssib ocus trírib,
Prol. 210
.
ní thudchatar in t.¤ ucut,
LU 8971
(
FB 72
).
im chomuaill in trír
chaurad,
LU
8746
(
FB 56
).
don tríur láth ngaile,
LU
8719
(
FB 54
).
can tris fer ... frisna triru,
RC xi 450.11
.
acht mad oen-triar do doeneib,
SR 448
.
fo deilb tríir,
2803
.
is hé in triar
irdaircc tri derbráthir,
TBFr. 109
.
triur ri cach n-amus,
TBC-LL¹ 22
.
is iat sin in cetna triar
,
PH 6412
.
co mbia triur
óigred oc fir husarachta,
7587
.
triar talchar trenfher,
TTebe 2880
.
rothoit in triur-sa dib les,
2835
.
tainic Calcus
┐ a thriar ban,
Stair Erc. 1952
.
triúr ar n-éag do aith-bheodhaigh,
Dán Dé iv 25
.
triúr mac do bhádar ag Brian,
TD 21.20
.
an triar easgcarad,
TSh. 2127
.
do thoisg an
trír chéadna,
2141
. na trí trír-si this (band of) nine men,
LBranach 2659
(see note).
Appositional dat. with poss. pron.:
biit a triur do anmaim
ind eiúin,
Sg. 93a2
.
comtis ainmmnidi a triur,
7b2
.
lotar
dó a triur churad co hEmain,
LU 9033
(
FB 78
).
is hé ba
sinser dóib a tríur,
LU
9057
(
FB 81
).
Boind a ssídib a mmáthair
a triur,
TBFr. 111
. arusrainic-side a oinar a triur `alone
he met them all three,'
RC xi 450.6
.
do-rónsabar bar triur
me-si cúnntabartach,
PH 1805
. Without poss.: a bíathad
triur `he is entitled to refection for three' (Gloss.),
Críth G. 166
.
do éimdheadar ... triúr dol,
TSh. 7512.
Of the Trinity:
triar óen-fer,
Lib. Hymn. 114.36
.
buime
trír is í na hóigh,
A. Ó Dálaigh ii 6.
aobhdha an triar a trí
dhalta,
DDána 9.2
.
triur i n-aoncholainn amh-áin,
3
.
go
bhfuilid na dtriur ó'n tsíorruidheacht,
Donlevy 24.21
.
In phrase tech an trír as kenning for Tara, later Ireland
.
Cf.
do Themraig in trír,
LU 9913
:
braithim fós do tigh an
trir,
ZCP ii 335.7
.
ag guaillnibh ríogh tighe an trír,
340.28
.
's mo chroidhe ronnta ar a rannaibh | bronnta ar chlannaibh Toighe an Trír,
Hackett xliv 8.
(b)
three things:
comtis ainmmnidi a triur 'the three of them would be nominatives',
Sg. 7b2
.
is ē crand in rīg-Easa | ba hannsa lind
don triaar,
ZCP v 22 § 19
.
an trīar-sa thuirmim-si,
viii
215.18
. ro tirchanait in triar sin don cur-sa isin Roimh
`those three things were then foretold in Rome,'
CCath. 834
.
conid sí sin in tres saobh-sanus Lethe Cuinn, ┐ is hi Cluain
Eraird doronta a ttriur iad,
BNnÉ 302 § 9
. gaibid Senchan
tri hairchedail. nosgab Cummaine a triur `Cummaine
repeats the three,'
Ériu v 32.17
. iul agus aoibh is aithne |
dhaoibh 'n-a dtriur ní tiobhairthe `those three gifts ... would
not be thine,'
Aithd. D. 37.11
.
Note also:
ro marb sí triur mor do muintir Gargan,
PH 7218
. Atkinson suggests =four, on analogy of mór-feiser; perh. merely
famous trio
.