tráill

See also: Traill and tràill

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːlʲ/
  • Hyphenation: tráill

Noun

tráill f (genitive singular tráille, nominative plural tráilleanna)

  1. thrall, slave
  2. slavish person, wretch

Declension

Declension of tráill (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tráill tráilleanna
vocative a thráill a thráilleanna
genitive tráille tráilleanna
dative tráill tráilleanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tráill na tráilleanna
genitive na tráille na dtráilleanna
dative leis an tráill
don tráill 		leis na tráilleanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of tráill
radical lenition eclipsis
tráill thráill dtráill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tráill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1240; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tráill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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