trialach

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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

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