truagh

Irish

Adjective

truagh

  1. Obsolete spelling of trua

Declension

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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