riail

Irish

From Middle Irish ríagal, from Old Irish ríagol, ríagul (“rule; line, measure”), from Latin rēgula.^[1]

riail f (genitive singular rialach, nominative plural rialacha)

Declension of riail (fifth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	riail	rialacha
vocative	a riail	a rialacha
genitive	rialach	rialacha
dative	riail rialaigh (archaic, dialectal)	rialacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an riail	na rialacha
genitive	na rialach	na rialacha
dative	leis an riail leis an rialaigh (archaic, dialectal) don riail don rialaigh (archaic, dialectal)	leis na rialacha

riail (present analytic rialann, future analytic rialfaidh, verbal noun rial, past participle rialta)

(ambitransitive) Alternative form of rialaigh (“rule; govern, control; regulate; govern; line”)

conjugation of riail (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	rial
past participle	rialta
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	rialaim	rialann tú; rialair^†	rialann sé, sí	rialaimid	rialann sibh	rialann siad; rialaid^†	a rialann; a rialas	rialtar
past	riail mé; rialas	riail tú; rialais	riail sé, sí	rialamar; riail muid	riail sibh; rialabhair	riail siad; rialadar	a riail / ar riail*	rialadh
past habitual	rialainn	rialtá	rialadh sé, sí	rialaimis; rialadh muid	rialadh sibh	rialaidís; rialadh siad	a rialadh / a rialadh*	rialtaí
future	rialfaidh mé; rialfad	rialfaidh tú; rialfair^†	rialfaidh sé, sí	rialfaimid; rialfaidh muid	rialfaidh sibh	rialfaidh siad; rialfaid^†	a rialfaidh; a rialfas	rialfar
conditional	rialfainn	rialfá	rialfadh sé, sí	rialfaimis; rialfadh muid	rialfadh sibh	rialfaidís; rialfadh siad	a rialfadh / a rialfadh*	rialfaí
subjunctive
present	go riala mé; go rialad^†	go riala tú; go rialair^†	go riala sé, sí	go rialaimid; go riala muid	go riala sibh	go riala siad; go rialaid^†	—	go rialtar
past	dá rialainn	dá rialtá	dá rialadh sé, sí	dá rialaimis; dá rialadh muid	dá rialadh sibh	dá rialaidís; dá rialadh siad	—	dá rialtaí
imperative
–	rialaim	riail	rialadh sé, sí	rialaimis	rialaigí; rialaidh^†	rialaidís	—	rialtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríagal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 115, page 61
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 73, page 31