triall

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲɾʲiəl̪ˠ/

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
singular plural
nominative triall triallta
vocative a thriall a thriallta
genitive trialla triallta
dative triall triallta
forms with the definite article
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
singular
nominative triall
vocative a thriall
genitive triallta
dative triall
forms with the definite article
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)) [with ar ‘for’]
    Bhí an long ag triall ar Meiriceá.
    The ship was bound for America.
  3. to go for, go to get or fetch [with ar] (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
conjugation of triall (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun triall
past participle triallta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present triallaim triallann tú;
triallair† 		triallann sé, sí triallaimid triallann sibh triallann siad;
triallaid† 		a thriallann; a thriallas /
a dtriallann* 		trialltar
past thriall mé; thriallas thriall tú; thriallais thriall sé, sí thriallamar; thriall muid thriall sibh; thriallabhair thriall siad; thrialladar a thriall /
ar thriall* 		trialladh
past habitual thriallainn / dtriallainn‡‡ thrialltá / dtrialltᇇ thrialladh sé, sí / dtrialladh sé, s퇇 thriallaimis; thrialladh muid / dtriallaimis‡‡; dtrialladh muid‡‡ thrialladh sibh / dtrialladh sibh‡‡ thriallaidís; thrialladh siad / dtriallaidís‡‡; dtrialladh siad‡‡ a thrialladh /
a dtrialladh* 		thrialltaí / dtriallta퇇
future triallfaidh mé;
triallfad 		triallfaidh tú;
triallfair† 		triallfaidh sé, sí triallfaimid;
triallfaidh muid 		triallfaidh sibh triallfaidh siad;
triallfaid† 		a thriallfaidh; a thriallfas /
a dtriallfaidh* 		triallfar
conditional thriallfainn / dtriallfainn‡‡ thriallfá / dtriallfᇇ thriallfadh sé, sí / dtriallfadh sé, s퇇 thriallfaimis; thriallfadh muid / dtriallfaimis‡‡; dtriallfadh muid‡‡ thriallfadh sibh / dtriallfadh sibh‡‡ thriallfaidís; thriallfadh siad / dtriallfaidís‡‡; dtriallfadh siad‡‡ a thriallfadh /
a dtriallfadh* 		thriallfaí / dtriallfa퇇
subjunctive
present go dtrialla mé;
go dtriallad† 		go dtrialla tú;
go dtriallair† 		go dtrialla sé, sí go dtriallaimid;
go dtrialla muid 		go dtrialla sibh go dtrialla siad;
go dtriallaid† 		— go dtrialltar
past dá dtriallainn dá dtrialltá dá dtrialladh sé, sí dá dtriallaimis;
dá dtrialladh muid 		dá dtrialladh sibh dá dtriallaidís;
dá dtrialladh siad 		— dá dtrialltaí
imperative
– triallaim triall trialladh sé, sí triallaimis triallaigí;
triallaidh† 		triallaidís — trialltar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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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