truagh
Irish
Adjective
truagh
- Obsolete spelling of trua
Declension
Declension of truagh
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | truagh | thruagh | truagha; thruagha² | |
Vocative | thruaigh | truagha | ||
Genitive | truaighe | truagha | truagh | |
Dative | truagh; thruagh¹ | thruagh; thruaigh (archaic) | truagha; thruagha² | |
Comparative | níos truaighe | |||
Superlative | is truaighe |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
truagh f (genitive singular truagha, nominative plural truaghanna)
- Obsolete spelling of trua
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
truagh | thruagh | dtruagh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "truagh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish trúag, from Old Irish tróg.
Adjective
truagh
- poor, wretched, sad, miserable, pitiful, woeful
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
truagh | thruagh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “trúag” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.