truailligh

Irish

Etymology

Back-formation from truaillithe, from Old Irish drúailnide, apparently a differently prefixed form related to éilnithe, past participle of as·lena (“to pollute, defile”).^[1]

Verb

truailligh (present analytic truaillíonn, future analytic trualleoidh, verbal noun truailliú, past participle truaillithe)

to corrupt, deprave, adulterate, debase
Synonyms: éilligh, adhaltranaigh
to defile, pollute
Synonyms: éilligh, salaigh
to contaminate, taint, poison
to desecrate, profane
Synonyms: bris, sáraigh

Conjugation

conjugation of truailligh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	truaillím	truaillíonn tú; truaillír^†	truaillíonn sé, sí	truaillímid; truaillíonn muid	truaillíonn sibh	truaillíonn siad; truaillíd^†	a thruaillíonn; a thruaillíos / a dtruaillíonn*	truaillítear
	past	thruailligh mé; thruaillíos	thruailligh tú; thruaillís	thruailligh sé, sí	thruaillíomar; thruailligh muid	thruailligh sibh; thruaillíobhair	thruailligh siad; thruaillíodar	a thruailligh / ar thruailligh*	truaillíodh
	past habitual	thruaillínn / dtruaillínn‡‡	thruaillíteá / dtruaillíteá‡‡	thruaillíodh sé, sí / dtruaillíodh sé, sí‡‡	thruaillímis; thruaillíodh muid / dtruaillímis‡‡; dtruaillíodh muid‡‡	thruaillíodh sibh / dtruaillíodh sibh‡‡	thruaillídís; thruaillíodh siad / dtruaillídís‡‡; dtruaillíodh siad‡‡	a thruaillíodh / a dtruaillíodh*	thruaillítí / dtruaillítí‡‡
future		truailleoidh mé; truailleod; truailleochaidh mé^†	truailleoidh tú; truailleoir^†; truailleochaidh tú^†	truailleoidh sé, sí; truailleochaidh sé, sí^†	truailleoimid; truailleoidh muid; truailleochaimid^†; truailleochaidh muid^†	truailleoidh sibh; truailleochaidh sibh^†	truailleoidh siad; truailleoid^†; truailleochaidh siad^†	a thruailleoidh; a thruailleos; a thruailleochaidh^†; a thruailleochas^† / a dtruailleoidh; a dtruailleochaidh^†	truailleofar; truailleochar^†
conditional		thruailleoinn; thruailleochainn^† / dtruailleoinn‡‡; dtruailleochainn^†‡‡	thruailleofá; thruailleochthá^† / dtruailleofá‡‡; dtruailleochthá^†‡‡	thruailleodh sé, sí; thruailleochadh sé, sí^† / dtruailleodh sé, sí‡‡; dtruailleochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	thruailleoimis; thruailleodh muid; thruailleochaimis^†; thruailleochadh muid^† / dtruailleoimis‡‡; dtruailleodh muid‡‡; dtruailleochaimis^†‡‡; dtruailleochadh muid^†‡‡	thruailleodh sibh; thruailleochadh sibh^† / dtruailleodh sibh‡‡; dtruailleochadh sibh^†‡‡	thruailleoidís; thruailleodh siad; thruailleochadh siad^† / dtruailleoidís‡‡; dtruailleodh siad‡‡; dtruailleochadh siad^†‡‡	a thruailleodh; a thruailleochadh^† / a dtruailleodh; a dtruailleochadh^†	thruailleofaí; thruailleochthaí^† / dtruailleofaí‡‡; dtruailleochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go dtruaillí mé; go dtruaillíod^†	go dtruaillí tú; go dtruaillír^†	go dtruaillí sé, sí	go dtruaillímid; go dtruaillí muid	go dtruaillí sibh	go dtruaillí siad; go dtruaillíd^†	—	go dtruaillítear
subjunctive	past	dá dtruaillínn	dá dtruaillíteá	dá dtruaillíodh sé, sí	dá dtruaillímis; dá dtruaillíodh muid	dá dtruaillíodh sibh	dá dtruaillídís; dá dtruaillíodh siad	—	dá dtruaillítí
imperative		truaillím	truailligh	truaillíodh sé, sí	truaillímis	truaillígí; truaillídh^†	truaillídís	—	truaillítear
verbal noun		truailliú
past participle		truaillithe

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

Derived terms

dí-thruailligh (“decontaminate”)
féintruailligh (“masturbate”)

Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
truailligh	thruailligh	dtruailligh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 366, page 232