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
  • "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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