truagh

Irish

Adjective

truagh

  1. Obsolete spelling of trua

Declension
Declension of truagh
Singular Plural (m/f)
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)

  1. Obsolete spelling of trua

Mutation
Irish mutation
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish trúag, from Old Irish tróg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɾuəɣ/

Adjective

truagh (comparative truaighe)

  1. poor, wretched, sad, miserable, pitiful, woeful
    • c.1782, William Ross, “Fill ò rò”.
      Is truagh nach d' rugadh dall mi,
      gun chainnt is gun lèirsinn.
      A pity I was not born blind,
      without speech and sight.

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
truaghthruagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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