Scottish Gaelic word

triùir

three

nounfeminine

triùir means “three” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	triùir
Sèimheachadh	thriùir

Triùir a thig gun iarraidh, gaol, èud agus eagal.

Three things that come unwanted: love, jealousy, and fear.

Tha dithis bhalaich is triùir nigheanan aig Tòmas.

Tom has two sons and three daughters.

Tha triùir bhalaich agus nighean aig Tòmas.

Tom has three sons and one daughter.

Tha nighean agus triùir bhalaich aig Tòmas agus Màiri.

Tom and Mary have three sons and a daughter.

Tha triùir chloinne aig Tòmas.

Tom has three children.

Numbers

Gearran

February (second month of the Gregorian calendar)

Màrt

March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)

banca

bank

beagan

a few, a small number

ceud

hundred

cosgais

cost, expense, expenditure

croitear

crofter, one holding a croft of land

cùnntadh

counting

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