truaill

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish trúaill.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuəl̠ʲ/

Noun

truaill f (genitive singular truaille, nominative plural truaillí or truailleacha)

  1. sheath, scabbard

Declension

Declension of truaill (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative truaill truaillí
vocative a thruaill a thruaillí
genitive truaille truaillí
dative truaill truaillí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an truaill na truaillí
genitive na truaille na dtruaillí
dative leis an truaill
don truaill 		leis na truaillí

Alternative plural: truailleacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of truaill
radical lenition eclipsis
truaill thruaill dtruaill

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), “1 trúaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish trúailnid (“corrupts, pollutes, defiles, spoils”), from Old Irish drúaillid.

Verb

truaill (past thruaill, future truaillidh, verbal noun truailleadh, past participle truaillte)

  1. pollute, contaminate

Derived terms

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