tràill

See also: Traill and tráill

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tráill, from Old Norse þræll.[1] Cognate with Irish tráill and English thrall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɾai̯ʎ/
  • Hyphenation: tràill

Noun

tràill m or f (genitive singular tràille or tràill, plural tràillean)

  1. slave
  2. addict
  3. drudge

Declension

Declension of tràill (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tràill tràillean
genitive tràille, tràill thràillean
dative tràill tràillean; tràillibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tràill (na) tràillean
genitive (na) tràille, tràill (nan) tràillean
dative (an) tràill (na) tràillean; tràillibh
vocative thràill thràillean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Declension of tràill (class IIc masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tràill tràillean
genitive tràille, tràill thràillean
dative tràill tràillean; tràillibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tràill (na) tràillean
genitive (an) tràille, tràill (nan) tràillean
dative (an) tràill (na) tràillean; tràillibh
vocative thràill thràillean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tràill
radical lenition
tràill thràill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “41584”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Mark, Colin (2003), “tràill”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 595