tru

From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”) (cf. Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero)[1].

• IPA^(key): /tɾũ/

tru m (indefinite plural tru, definite singular truri, definite plural trutë)

1. brain

• mend (mind)

• trullos
• truri (standard, Tosk)
• truni (Gheg) / trũnië (Zhêzhë)

• ntru

From Latin intro. Compare Daco-Romanian întru.

tru

1. in

• ãn, tu

• ãntru

tru

1. imperative of true

• tro (Etymologies 1-3)

From Old Norse trúr.

tru

1. faithful, loyal
2. true

• truskap

From Old Norse trú.

tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

1. belief, faith
2. trust, confidence

From Old Norse trúa.

tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)

1. to think, believe
2. to imagine, suppose
3. to have faith

tru

1. imperative of true

• “tru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /trʉː/ (example of pronunciation)

From Old Norse trú.

tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

1. belief, faith

   Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.

   This was before the new faith had arrived.

2. trust, confidence

   Eg har trua på deg.

   I have confidence in you.

• truskyld
• truverdig

From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.

tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trudd/trutt, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)

1. to think, believe

   Nei, det trur eg ikkje.

   No, I don't think so.

2. imagine, suppose

   Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.

   I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.

3. to believe

   Eg trur deg ikkje.

   I don't believe you.

4. to believe (have religious faith)

   Eg trur på Gud.

   I believe in God.

5. entrust

From Old Norse trúr.

tru

1. faithful, loyal

   Han var ein tru tenar.

   He was a faithful servant.

2. true

• truskap

• “tru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From English true.

tru

1. true

tru

1. truth

From English true

tru

1. true
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:23:

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

tru

1. truly; very; verily
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:31:

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. very much
3. amen; so be it

This can be used where one would use yet in English, to signify that something is true even when it would seem unbelievable. It is placed at the end of a phrase or sentence.

• tenkyu tru

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˧˧]

tru

1. (of an animal) to howl

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.

tru

1. (only in compounds) to eliminate

• tru di tam tộc, tru di cửu tộc
• trời tru đất diệt

(classifier con) tru

1. Eye dialect spelling of trâu (“water buffalo”), representing Nghệ An dialect and Hà Tĩnh dialect Vietnamese.

• trâu

Cognate with Yagnobi тирай, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tru

1. three