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tràill

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See also: Traill and tráill

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tráill, from Old Norse þræll.[1] Cognate with Irish tráill and English thrall.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. slave
  2. addict
  3. drudge

Declension

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Declension of tràill (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tràill tràillean
genitive tràille, tràill thràillean
dative tràill tràillean; tràillibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tràill (na) tràillean
genitive (na) tràille, tràill (nan) tràillean
dative (an) tràill (na) tràillean; tràillibh1
vocative thràill thràillean

1 archaic or poetic form

Declension of tràill (class IIc masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tràill tràillean
genitive tràille, tràill thràillean
dative tràill tràillean; tràillibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tràill (na) tràillean
genitive (an) tràille, tràill (nan) tràillean
dative (an) tràill (na) tràillean; tràillibh1
vocative thràill thràillean

1 archaic or poetic form

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of tràill
radical lenition
tràill thràill

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “41584”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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