Dalmatian

Noun

trua f

1. beam, rafter, raft

Irish

Alternative forms

• truagh (obsolete)
• truaí (Cois Fharraige)
• truaighe (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuəj/ (also spelled truaí)

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

Mutation

References

• “trúaige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “truaġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• “truaiġe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "trua" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Etymology

Noun

trua f ‎(genitive truae); first declension

1. A ladle

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• trulla

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• truen

Noun

trua m, f

1. definite feminine singular of tru

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• truet

Verb

trua

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trua f

1. definite singular of tru