tràill

See also: Traill

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse þræll. Cognate with Irish tráill.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. slave
2. addict
3. drudge

Declension

Declension of tràill (class IIb feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tràill	tràillean
Genitive	tràille, tràill	thràillean
Dative	tràill	tràillean; tràillibh*
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) tràill	(na) tràillean
Genitive	(na) tràille, tràill	(nan) tràillean
Dative	(an) tràill	(na) tràillean; tràillibh*
Vocative	(a) thràill	(a) thràillean

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Declension of tràill (class IIc masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tràill	tràillean
Genitive	tràille, tràill	thràillean
Dative	tràill	tràillean; tràillibh*
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) tràill	(na) tràillean
Genitive	(an) tràille, tràill	(nan) tràillean
Dative	(an) tràill	(na) tràillean; tràillibh*
Vocative	(a) thràill	(a) thràillean

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• tràillealachd

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tràill	thràill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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