truaill

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish trúaill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuəl̠ʲ/

Noun

truaill f (genitive singular truaille, nominative plural truaillí or truailleacha)

  1. sheath, scabbard

Declension

Alternative plural: truailleacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
truaill thruaill dtruaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish trúailnid (corrupts, pollutes, defiles, spoils), from Old Irish drúaillid.

Verb

truaill (past thruaill, future truaillidh, verbal noun truailleadh, past participle truaillte)

  1. pollute, contaminate

Derived terms

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