truán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish truagán, from Old Irish trógán.[2] By surface analysis, trua +‎ -án.

Noun

truán m (genitive singular truáin, nominative plural truáin)

  1. wretch (unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person)

Declension
Declension of truán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative truán truáin
Vocative a thruáin a thruána
Genitive truáin truán
Dative truán truáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an truán na truáin
Genitive an truáin na dtruán
Dative leis an truán

don truán

 leis na truáin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
truán thruán dtruán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “truán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trúagán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
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