truaill

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish trúaill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuəl̠ʲ/

Noun

truaill f (genitive singular truaille, nominative plural truaillí or truailleacha)

1. sheath, scabbard

Declension

Declension of truaill

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative truaill truaillí Vocative a thruaill a thruaillí Genitive truaille truaillí Dative truaill truaillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an truaill na truaillí Genitive na truaille na dtruaillí Dative leis an truaill don truaill leis na truaillí

Alternative plural: truailleacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
truaill	thruaill	dtruaill
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), “1 trúaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “truaill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 760
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “truaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “truaill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “truaill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish trúailnid (“corrupts, pollutes, defiles, spoils”), from Old Irish drúaillid.

Verb

truaill (past thruaill, future truaillidh, verbal noun truailleadh, past participle truaillte)

1. pollute, contaminate

Derived terms

• truaill-chainnt (“slang”)