tráill

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse þræll. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tràill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːlʲ/
  • Hyphenation: tráill

Noun

tráill f (genitive singular tráille, nominative plural tráilleanna)

  1. Thrall, slave
  2. Slavish person, wretch

Declension

Declension of tráill (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tráill tráilleanna
vocative a thráill a thráilleanna
genitive tráille tráilleanna
dative tráill tráilleanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tráill na tráilleanna
genitive na tráille na dtráilleanna
dative leis an tráill
don tráill
leis na tráilleanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of tráill
radical lenition eclipsis
tráill thráill dtráill

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

References