trialach

Irish

Etymology 1

From triail +‎ -ach.

Adjective

trialach (genitive singular masculine trialaigh, genitive singular feminine trialaí, plural trialacha, not comparable)

1. trial, experimental, tentative

Declension

Declension of trialach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	trialach	thrialach	trialacha; thrialacha²
Vocative	thrialaigh		trialacha
Genitive		trialaí	trialacha	trialach
Dative	trialach; thrialach¹	thrialach; thrialaigh (archaic)	trialacha; thrialacha²
Comparative	níos trialaí
Superlative	is trialaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• fisic thrialach (“experimental physics”)
• píosa trialach (“test-piece”)
• scrúdú trialach (“test-paper”)
• tolladh trialach (“trial boring”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

trialach f sg

1. genitive singular of triail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
trialach	thrialach	dtrialach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trialach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “experimental”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “exploratory”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “mock”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “tentative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024