# triail
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* (nonstandard) triáil

### Etymology

From Middle English trial or Anglo-Norman trial (“act of trying, testing”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /tʲɾʲiəlʲ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /tʲɾʲiːɑːlʲ/
** (Cois Fharraige) IPA: (as if spelt traoiáil) /t̪ˠɾˠiːɑːlʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /tʲɾʲiæːlˠ/

### Verb

triail (present analytic triaileann, future analytic triailfidh, verbal noun triail, past participle triailte)
* try, test
* (law) try

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | triailim | triaileann tú; triailir$^†$ | triaileann sé, sí | triailimid | triaileann sibh | triaileann siad; triailid$^†$ | a thriaileann; a thriaileas / a dtriaileann* | triailtear |
| indicative | past | thriail mé; thriaileas | thriail tú; thriailis | thriail sé, sí | thriaileamar; thriail muid | thriail sibh; thriaileabhair | thriail siad; thriaileadar | a thriail / ar thriail* | triaileadh |
| indicative | past habitual | thriailinn / dtriailinn‡‡ | thriailteá / dtriailteá‡‡ | thriaileadh sé, sí / dtriaileadh sé, sí‡‡ | thriailimis; thriaileadh muid / dtriailimis‡‡; dtriaileadh muid‡‡ | thriaileadh sibh / dtriaileadh sibh‡‡ | thriailidís; thriaileadh siad / dtriailidís‡‡; dtriaileadh siad‡‡ | a thriaileadh / a dtriaileadh* | thriailtí / dtriailtí‡‡ |
| future | future | triailfidh mé; triailfead | triailfidh tú; triailfir$^†$ | triailfidh sé, sí | triailfimid; triailfidh muid | triailfidh sibh | triailfidh siad; triailfid$^†$ | a thriailfidh; a thriailfeas / a dtriailfidh* | triailfear |
| conditional | conditional | thriailfinn / dtriailfinn‡‡ | thriailfeá / dtriailfeá‡‡ | thriailfeadh sé, sí / dtriailfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | thriailfimis; thriailfeadh muid / dtriailfimis‡‡; dtriailfeadh muid‡‡ | thriailfeadh sibh / dtriailfeadh sibh‡‡ | thriailfidís; thriailfeadh siad / dtriailfidís‡‡; dtriailfeadh siad‡‡ | a thriailfeadh / a dtriailfeadh* | thriailfí / dtriailfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go dtriaile mé; go dtriailead$^†$ | go dtriaile tú; go dtriailir$^†$ | go dtriaile sé, sí | go dtriailimid; go dtriaile muid | go dtriaile sibh | go dtriaile siad; go dtriailid$^†$ | — | go dtriailtear |
| subjunctive | past | dá dtriailinn | dá dtriailteá | dá dtriaileadh sé, sí | dá dtriailimis; dá dtriaileadh muid | dá dtriaileadh sibh | dá dtriailidís; dá dtriaileadh siad | — | dá dtriailtí |
| imperative | imperative | triailim | triail | triaileadh sé, sí | triailimis | triailigí; triailidh$^†$ | triailidís | — | triailtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | triail | triail | triail | triail | triail | triail | triail | triail |
| past participle | past participle | triailte | triailte | triailte | triailte | triailte | triailte | triailte | triailte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Synonyms

* (try, test): tástáil

#### Derived terms

* atriail (“retry”)
* triaileadán (“test-tube”)
* triailteoir (“tester; fitter-on”)

### Noun

triail f (genitive singular trialach, nominative plural trialacha)
* verbal noun of triail
* trial, test
* (law) trial

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
triail
trialacha
vocative
a thriail
a thrialacha
genitive
trialach
trialacha
dative
triail
trialacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an triail
na trialacha
genitive
na trialach
na dtrialacha
dative
leis an triail don triail
leis na trialacha :

#### Synonyms

* (trial, test): tástáil

#### Derived terms

* atriail (“retrial; repeated trials”)
* trialach (“trial, experimental, tentative”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 44