tràill

See also: Traill

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse þræll. Cognate with Irish tráill.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɾai̯ʎ/
  • Hyphenation: tràill

Noun

tràill m or f (genitive singular tràille or tràill, plural tràillean)

  1. slave
  2. addict
  3. drudge

Declension
Declension of tràill (class IIb feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative tràill tràillean
Genitive tràille, tràill thràillean
Dative tràill tràillean; tràillibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) tràill (na) tràillean
Genitive (na) tràille, tràill (nan) tràillean
Dative (an) tràill (na) tràillean; tràillibh*
Vocative (a) thràill (a) thràillean

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Declension of tràill (class IIc masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative tràill tràillean
Genitive tràille, tràill thràillean
Dative tràill tràillean; tràillibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) tràill (na) tràillean
Genitive (an) tràille, tràill (nan) tràillean
Dative (an) tràill (na) tràillean; tràillibh*
Vocative (a) thràill (a) thràillean

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tràillthràill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Colin Mark (2003) “tràill”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 595
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