trialach

Irish

Etymology 1

From triail +‎ -ach.

Adjective

trialach (genitive singular masculine trialaigh, genitive singular feminine trialaí, plural trialacha, not comparable)

1. trial, experimental, tentative

Declension

Declension of trialach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	trialach	thrialach	trialacha; thrialacha2
vocative	thrialaigh		trialacha
genitive		trialaí	trialacha	trialach
dative	trialach; thrialach1	thrialach; thrialaigh (archaic)	trialacha; thrialacha2
Comparative	níos trialaí
Superlative	is trialaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• fisic thrialach (“experimental physics”)
• píosa trialach (“test-piece”)
• scrúdú trialach (“test-paper”)
• tolladh trialach (“trial boring”)

Etymology 2

Noun

trialach f sg

1. genitive singular of triail

Mutation

Mutated forms of trialach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
trialach	thrialach	dtrialach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trialach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “experimental”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “exploratory”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “mock”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “tentative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025