trua
See also: trúa
Irish
Alternative forms
- truagh, truaighe (obsolete)
- truaí (Cois Fharraige)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuə/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuəj/ (also spelled truaí)
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish trúaige, from Old Irish trógae (“misery; pity”).
Noun
trua f (genitive singular trua, nominative plural truanna)
Declension
Declension of trua
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- atrua
- atruach
- truacánta
- truach
- truachroíoch
- truamhéala
- truamhéalach
- truamhéileach
- truán
- truanairt
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish trúag, from Old Irish tróg.
Noun
trua m (genitive singular truaite)
- verbal noun of truaigh (“make lean, emaciate; become thin, waste away”)
Declension
Declension of trua
Irregular
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
trua | thrua | dtrua |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "trua" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “trúag” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “trúaige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “truaġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “truaiġe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Entries containing “trua” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “trua” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”)[1]; compare Sanskrit तर्कु (tarku, “spindle”), Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross, adverse”) and Latin torqueō (“to twist”).
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | trua | truae |
Genitive | truae | truārum |
Dative | truae | truīs |
Accusative | truam | truās |
Ablative | truā | truīs |
Vocative | trua | truae |
Derived terms
References
- trua in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trua in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- trua in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “trua”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 708
Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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