Irish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

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.

References edit

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 366, page 232

Further reading edit