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”).

Verb

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

1. to corrupt, deprave, adulterate, debase

   Synonyms: éilligh, adhaltranaigh

2. to defile, pollute

   Synonyms: éilligh, salaigh

3. to contaminate, taint, poison
4. to desecrate, profane

   Synonyms: bris, sáraigh

Conjugation

conjugation of truailligh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	truaillím	truaillíonn tú; truaillír†	truaillíonn sé, sí	truaillímid; truaillíonn muid	truaillíonn sibh	truaillíonn siad; truaillíd†	a thruaillíonn; a thruaillíos / a dtruaillíonn*; a dtruaillíos*	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 / dtruaillíteᇇ	thruaillíodh sé, sí / dtruaillíodh sé, s퇇	thruaillímis; thruaillíodh muid / dtruaillímis‡‡; dtruaillíodh muid‡‡	thruaillíodh sibh / dtruaillíodh sibh‡‡	thruaillídís; thruaillíodh siad / dtruaillídís‡‡; dtruaillíodh siad‡‡	a thruaillíodh / a dtruaillíodh*	thruaillítí / dtruaillít퇇
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 dtruailleos*; a dtruailleochaidh*†; a dtruailleochas*†	truailleofar; truailleochar†
conditional		thruailleoinn; thruailleochainn† / dtruailleoinn‡‡; dtruailleochainn†‡‡	thruailleofá; thruailleochthᆠ/ dtruailleofᇇ; dtruailleochthᆇ‡	thruailleodh sé, sí; thruailleochadh sé, s토/ dtruailleodh sé, s퇇; dtruailleochadh sé, s톇‡	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; thruailleochtha토/ dtruailleofa퇇; dtruailleochtha톇‡
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
verbal noun		truailliú
past participle		truaillithe

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

Derived terms

• dí-thruailligh (“decontaminate”)

Related terms

• truaillí
• truaillíocht
• truaillitheach
• truaillitheoir
• truaillmheasc

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
truailligh	thruailligh	dtruailligh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trúailligid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trúailnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “truailliġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 760
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “truailligh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN