eadar-thriath

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

eadar- (“inter-, between”) +‎ triath (“lord, king, chieftain, noble, prince”)

Noun

eadar-thriath m (genitive singular eadar-thriatha, plural eadar-thriathan)

Synonyms

(interregnum): eadar-riaghladh, eadar-rìoghachd
(regency): tànaisteachd
(regent): leas-rìgh, mór-uachdaran, tànaiste, tànaistear

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “eadar-thriath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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