trua

See also: trúa

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin trabs, trabem.

Noun

trua f

  1. beam, rafter, raft

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish trúaige, from Old Irish trógae (“misery; pity”).

Noun

trua f (genitive singular trua, nominative plural truanna)

  1. pity, sympathy (with do plus the person pitied or sympathized with)
    Tá trua agam don amadán.
    I pity the fool.
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish trúag, from Old Irish tróg.

Adjective

trua

    1. pitiable; miserable, wretched
    1. lean
    2. thin, emaciated; wasting

Noun

trua m (genitive singular truaite)

  1. verbal noun of truaigh (“make lean, emaciate; become thin, waste away”)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
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”).

Noun

trua f (genitive truae); first declension

  1. A ladle
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative trua truae
genitive truae truārum
dative truae truīs
accusative truam truās
ablative truā truīs
vocative trua truae
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “trua”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 708

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

trua m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of tru

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

trua

  1. simple past of true
  2. past participle of true

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trua f

  1. definite singular of tru
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