trialach
Irish
Adjective
trialach (genitive singular masculine trialaigh, genitive singular feminine trialaí, plural trialacha, not comparable)
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”)
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
- "trialach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “experimental” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “exploratory” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “mock” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “tentative” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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