trialach

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
Positive singular plural
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
  • fisic thrialach (“experimental physics”)
  • píosa trialach (“test-piece”)
  • scrúdú trialach (“test-paper”)
  • tolladh trialach (“trial boring”)

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
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