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
Declension of trua

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trua truanna
Vocative a thrua a thruanna
Genitive trua truanna
Dative trua truanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an trua na truanna
Genitive na trua na dtruanna
Dative leis an trua

don trua

 leis na truanna
Derived terms
  • atrua
  • atruach
  • truacánta
  • truach
  • truachroíoch
  • truamhéala
  • truamhéalach
  • truamhéileach
  • truán
  • truanairt

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
Declension of trua

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative trua
Vocative a thrua
Genitive truaite
Dative trua

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an trua
Genitive an truaite
Dative leis an trua

don trua

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 or 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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