triall

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲiəl̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tríall (“journeying; attempting”), from Anglo-Norman trial (“endeavor”).^[1]

Noun

triall m (genitive singular as substantive trialla, genitive as verbal noun triallta, nominative plural triallta)

verbal noun of triall
journey, march
Synonym: taisteal

Declension

As substantive:

Declension of triall

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	triall	triallta
Vocative	a thriall	a thriallta
Genitive	trialla	triallta
Dative	triall	triallta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an triall	na triallta
Genitive	an trialla	na dtriallta
Dative	leis an triall don triall	leis na triallta

As verbal noun:

Declension of triall

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	triall
Vocative	a thriall
Genitive	triallta
Dative	triall

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an triall
Genitive	an triallta
Dative	leis an triall don triall

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tríallaid (“journey; attempt”), from tríall (see Etymology 1).^[2]

Verb

triall (present analytic triallann, future analytic triallfaidh, verbal noun triall, past participle triallta)

to travel, journey
Synonym: taistil
to be bound (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)) [with ar ‘for’]
Bhí an long ag triall ar Meiriceá.
The ship was bound for America.
to go for, go to get or fetch [with ar] (generally after another verb of going, such as téigh)
- 1906, Christian Brothers, Graiméar na Gaedhilge, Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, p. 256:
  Téigh ag triall ar an gcapall.
  Go for the horse.
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
  Fe dheire do bhí ar an gcaptaen a sheólta a thógaint suas agus dul go dtí dúthaigh éigin ag triall ar lasc [sic; lasta] eile.
  Finally the captain had to hoist his sails and go to some country for another cargo.

Conjugation

conjugation of triall (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	triallaim	triallann tú; triallair^†	triallann sé, sí	triallaimid	triallann sibh	triallann siad; triallaid^†	a thriallann; a thriallas / a dtriallann; a dtriallas	trialltar
	past	thriall mé; thriallas	thriall tú; thriallais	thriall sé, sí	thriallamar; thriall muid	thriall sibh; thriallabhair	thriall siad; thrialladar	a thriall / ar thriall*	trialladh
	past habitual	thriallainn / dtriallainn‡‡	thrialltá / dtrialltá‡‡	thrialladh sé, sí / dtrialladh sé, sí‡‡	thriallaimis; thrialladh muid / dtriallaimis‡‡; dtrialladh muid‡‡	thrialladh sibh / dtrialladh sibh‡‡	thriallaidís; thrialladh siad / dtriallaidís‡‡; dtrialladh siad‡‡	a thrialladh / a dtrialladh*	thrialltaí / dtrialltaí‡‡
future		triallfaidh mé; triallfad	triallfaidh tú; triallfair^†	triallfaidh sé, sí	triallfaimid; triallfaidh muid	triallfaidh sibh	triallfaidh siad; triallfaid^†	a thriallfaidh; a thriallfas / a dtriallfaidh; a dtriallfas	triallfar
conditional		thriallfainn / dtriallfainn‡‡	thriallfá / dtriallfá‡‡	thriallfadh sé, sí / dtriallfadh sé, sí‡‡	thriallfaimis; thriallfadh muid / dtriallfaimis‡‡; dtriallfadh muid‡‡	thriallfadh sibh / dtriallfadh sibh‡‡	thriallfaidís; thriallfadh siad / dtriallfaidís‡‡; dtriallfadh siad‡‡	a thriallfadh / a dtriallfadh*	thriallfaí / dtriallfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go dtrialla mé; go dtriallad^†	go dtrialla tú; go dtriallair^†	go dtrialla sé, sí	go dtriallaimid; go dtrialla muid	go dtrialla sibh	go dtrialla siad; go dtriallaid^†	—	go dtrialltar
subjunctive	past	dá dtriallainn	dá dtrialltá	dá dtrialladh sé, sí	dá dtriallaimis; dá dtrialladh muid	dá dtrialladh sibh	dá dtriallaidís; dá dtrialladh siad	—	dá dtrialltaí
imperative		triallaim	triall	trialladh sé, sí	triallaimis	triallaigí; triallaidh^†	triallaidís	—	trialltar
verbal noun		triall
past participle		triallta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
triall	thriall	dtriall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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