truailligh

Irish

Etymology

Back-formation from truaillithe, from Old Irish drúailnide, apparently a differently prefixed form related to éilnithe, past participle of as·lena (“to pollute, defile”).^[1]

Verb

truailligh (present analytic truaillíonn, future analytic trualleoidh, verbal noun truailliú, past participle truaillithe)

to corrupt, deprave, adulterate, debase
Synonyms: éilligh, adhaltranaigh
to defile, pollute
Synonyms: éilligh, salaigh
to contaminate, taint, poison
to desecrate, profane
Synonyms: bris, sáraigh

Conjugation

conjugation of truailligh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	truailliú
past participle	truaillithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	truaillím	truaillíonn tú; truaillír^†	truaillíonn sé, sí	truaillímid; truaillíonn muid	truaillíonn sibh	truaillíonn siad; truaillíd^†	a thruaillíonn; a thruaillíos / a dtruaillíonn*	truaillítear
past	thruailligh mé; thruaillíos	thruailligh tú; thruaillís	thruailligh sé, sí	thruaillíomar; thruailligh muid	thruailligh sibh; thruaillíobhair	thruailligh siad; thruaillíodar	a thruailligh / ar thruailligh*	truaillíodh
past habitual	thruaillínn / dtruaillínn‡‡	thruaillíteá / dtruaillíteá‡‡	thruaillíodh sé, sí / dtruaillíodh sé, sí‡‡	thruaillímis; thruaillíodh muid / dtruaillímis‡‡; dtruaillíodh muid‡‡	thruaillíodh sibh / dtruaillíodh sibh‡‡	thruaillídís; thruaillíodh siad / dtruaillídís‡‡; dtruaillíodh siad‡‡	a thruaillíodh / a dtruaillíodh*	thruaillítí / dtruaillítí‡‡
future	truailleoidh mé; truailleod; truailleochaidh mé^†	truailleoidh tú; truailleoir^†; truailleochaidh tú^†	truailleoidh sé, sí; truailleochaidh sé, sí^†	truailleoimid; truailleoidh muid; truailleochaimid^†; truailleochaidh muid^†	truailleoidh sibh; truailleochaidh sibh^†	truailleoidh siad; truailleoid^†; truailleochaidh siad^†	a thruailleoidh; a thruailleos; a thruailleochaidh^†; a thruailleochas^† / a dtruailleoidh; a dtruailleochaidh^†	truailleofar; truailleochar^†
conditional	thruailleoinn; thruailleochainn^† / dtruailleoinn‡‡; dtruailleochainn^†‡‡	thruailleofá; thruailleochthá^† / dtruailleofá‡‡; dtruailleochthá^†‡‡	thruailleodh sé, sí; thruailleochadh sé, sí^† / dtruailleodh sé, sí‡‡; dtruailleochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	thruailleoimis; thruailleodh muid; thruailleochaimis^†; thruailleochadh muid^† / dtruailleoimis‡‡; dtruailleodh muid‡‡; dtruailleochaimis^†‡‡; dtruailleochadh muid^†‡‡	thruailleodh sibh; thruailleochadh sibh^† / dtruailleodh sibh‡‡; dtruailleochadh sibh^†‡‡	thruailleoidís; thruailleodh siad; thruailleochadh siad^† / dtruailleoidís‡‡; dtruailleodh siad‡‡; dtruailleochadh siad^†‡‡	a thruailleodh; a thruailleochadh^† / a dtruailleodh; a dtruailleochadh^†	thruailleofaí; thruailleochthaí^† / dtruailleofaí‡‡; dtruailleochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go dtruaillí mé; go dtruaillíod^†	go dtruaillí tú; go dtruaillír^†	go dtruaillí sé, sí	go dtruaillímid; go dtruaillí muid	go dtruaillí sibh	go dtruaillí siad; go dtruaillíd^†	—	go dtruaillítear
past	dá dtruaillínn	dá dtruaillíteá	dá dtruaillíodh sé, sí	dá dtruaillímis; dá dtruaillíodh muid	dá dtruaillíodh sibh	dá dtruaillídís; dá dtruaillíodh siad	—	dá dtruaillítí
imperative
–	truaillím	truailligh	truaillíodh sé, sí	truaillímis	truaillígí; truaillídh^†	truaillídís	—	truaillítear

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

Derived terms

dí-thruailligh (“decontaminate”)
féintruailligh (“masturbate”)

Related terms

truaillí
truaillíocht
truaillitheach
truaillitheoir
truaillmheasc

Mutation

Mutated forms of *truailligh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
truailligh	thruailligh	dtruailligh

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

References

^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 366, page 232; reprinted 2017