troid
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of Metroid.
Noun
troid (plural troids)
- (fandom slang) Any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.
- 2018 April 15, Andrew! (@Drewiker_), Twitter:
- Games I look forward to next year:
[...]
Metroid Prime 4 (I’ve never played one of the 3D troids but I wanna)
- 2020 May 3, D3 (@Professor_D3), Twitter:
- It kinda ruined parts of Metroid 2 and it's definitely one of the weaker 2D troids, but it has solid moment to moment gameplay and Samus "feels" great to control.
- 2021 October 27, Brandon Classic Movies (@Thatoneguy64), Twitter:
- really hope MercurySteam gets to keep cranking out some more 2D troids
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.
- (fandom slang) An individual member of the fictional alien Metroid species in this franchise.
- 2016 May 29, Horrible Checkers Lad Appreciator (@clockwork353), Twitter:
- The much derided linearity is merely a reappearance of the linearity of Metroid 2, with it's coincidental earthquakes when you killed troids
- 2020 April 30, Antiquity Row (@vorpalll), Twitter:
- the metroid fights, meanwhile, their counter tells are SO LONG i always miss them by hitting the button early. like, it can't possibly be that long. except it is. i have no success trying to do it on reaction either..
also, the troids spend too long being invuln for w/e reason
- 2021 July 15, Lorian (@grackling), Twitter:
- I love to draw samus and metroids... metroids are cute... I want to draw more of the other critters too (space pirates? ridley? non-larval troids????)
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.
Noun
troid (plural troids)
- (Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person.
- 2020 July 10, MKULTRA (@mkultraism), Twitter:
- at least we both concede that troids are hard on the eyes
- 2020 November 30, CoolAndGood (@HowDareYouSir_), Twitter:
- Ever wonder why the majority of troids are trans "woman"?
- 2022 January 6, Evan (@EvanPlatinum), Twitter:
- thats an awful lot of words to say you dont like troids
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish troit (“fight, battle, quarrel”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to thrust, push”), related to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“affliction, agony, struggle”).
Noun
troid f (genitive singular troda, nominative plural troideanna)
Declension
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Verb
troid (present analytic troideann, future analytic troidfidh, verbal noun troid, past participle troidte)
- (transitive, intransitive) fight
- Synonym: comhraic
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | troidim | troideann tú; troidir† |
troideann sé, sí | troidimid | troideann sibh | troideann siad; troidid† |
a throideann; a throideas / a dtroideann*; a dtroideas* |
troidtear |
past | throid mé; throideas | throid tú; throidis | throid sé, sí | throideamar; throid muid | throid sibh; throideabhair | throid siad; throideadar | a throid / ar throid* |
troideadh | |
past habitual | throidinn / dtroidinn‡‡ | throidteá / dtroidteᇇ | throideadh sé, sí / dtroideadh sé, s퇇 | throidimis; throideadh muid / dtroidimis‡‡; dtroideadh muid‡‡ | throideadh sibh / dtroideadh sibh‡‡ | throididís; throideadh siad / dtroididís‡‡; dtroideadh siad‡‡ | a throideadh / a dtroideadh* |
throidtí / dtroidt퇇 | |
future | troidfidh mé; troidfead |
troidfidh tú; troidfir† |
troidfidh sé, sí | troidfimid; troidfidh muid |
troidfidh sibh | troidfidh siad; troidfid† |
a throidfidh; a throidfeas / a dtroidfidh*; a dtroidfeas* |
troidfear | |
conditional | throidfinn / dtroidfinn‡‡ | throidfeá / dtroidfeᇇ | throidfeadh sé, sí / dtroidfeadh sé, s퇇 | throidfimis; throidfeadh muid / dtroidfimis‡‡; dtroidfeadh muid‡‡ | throidfeadh sibh / dtroidfeadh sibh‡‡ | throidfidís; throidfeadh siad / dtroidfidís‡‡; dtroidfeadh siad‡‡ | a throidfeadh / a dtroidfeadh* |
throidfí / dtroidf퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go dtroide mé; go dtroidead† |
go dtroide tú; go dtroidir† |
go dtroide sé, sí | go dtroidimid; go dtroide muid |
go dtroide sibh | go dtroide siad; go dtroidid† |
— | go dtroidtear |
past | dá dtroidinn | dá dtroidteá | dá dtroideadh sé, sí | dá dtroidimis; dá dtroideadh muid |
dá dtroideadh sibh | dá dtroididís; dá dtroideadh siad |
— | dá dtroidtí | |
imperative | troidim | troid | troideadh sé, sí | troidimis | troidigí; troididh† |
troididís | — | troidtear | |
verbal noun | troid | ||||||||
past participle | troidte |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Related terms
- trodach
- trodaí
- trodaire
- trodaireacht
- trodán
- trodúil
- troidmhear
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
troid | throid | dtroid |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “troit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 80
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trotaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “troid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “troid” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “troid” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɾɔtʲ/
Etymology 1
From trod, from Middle Irish trot, from Old Irish troit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to thrust, push”), related to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“affliction, agony, struggle”).
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trɔi̯d/
- Rhymes: -ɔi̯d
- Homophone: troed (South Wales)