triail

See also: triáil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • (nonstandard) triáil

Etymology

From Middle English trial or Anglo-Norman trial (act of trying, testing).

Pronunciation

Verb

triail (present analytic triaileann, future analytic triailfidh, verbal noun triail, past participle triailte)

  1. try, test
  2. (law) try

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • atriail (retry)
  • triaileadán (test-tube)
  • triailteoir (tester; fitter-on)

Noun

triail f (genitive singular trialach, nominative plural trialacha)

  1. verbal noun of triail
  2. trial, test
  3. (law) trial

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • atriail (retrial; repeated trials)
  • trialach (trial, experimental, tentative)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
triail thriail dtriail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 44
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