tràill

See also: Traill

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse þræll. Cognate with Irish tráill.

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

• tràillealachd

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

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