triall

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tríall (journeying; attempting), from Anglo-Norman trial (endeavor).[1]

Noun

triall m (genitive singular as substantive trialla, genitive as verbal noun triallta, nominative plural triallta)

  1. verbal noun of triall
  2. journey, march
    Synonym: taisteal
Declension

As substantive:

Declension of triall (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative triall triallta
vocative a thriall a thriallta
genitive trialla triallta
dative triall triallta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an triall na triallta
genitive an trialla na dtriallta
dative leis an triall
don triall
leis na triallta

As verbal noun:

Declension of triall (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative triall
vocative a thriall
genitive triallta
dative triall
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an triall
genitive an triallta
dative leis an triall
don triall

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tríallaid (journey; attempt), from tríall (see Etymology 1).[2]

Verb

triall (present analytic triallann, future analytic triallfaidh, verbal noun triall, past participle triallta)

  1. to travel, journey
    Synonym: taistil
  2. to be bound (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))
    Bhí an long ag triall ar Meiriceá.
    The ship was bound for America.
  3. to go for, go to get or fetch (generally after another verb of going, such as téigh)
    • 1906, Christian Brothers, Graiméar na Gaedhilge, Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, p. 256:
      Téigh ag triall ar an gcapall.
      Go for the horse.
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Fe dheire do bhí ar an gcaptaen a sheólta a thógaint suas agus dul go dtí dúthaigh éigin ag triall ar lasc [sic; lasta] eile.
      Finally the captain had to hoist his sails and go to some country for another cargo.
Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of triall
radical lenition eclipsis
triall thriall dtriall

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tríall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tríallaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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