tráill

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse þræll. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tràill.

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 case singular plural nominative tráill tráilleanna vocative a thráill a thráilleanna genitive tráille tráilleanna dative tráill tráilleanna forms with the definite article case 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tráill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN