thua

See also: thưa and þúa

Albanian

Etymology

Apocope of *thuan, from Proto-Albanian *(a)tsāna, or *ćāhai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare Lithuanian ašnìs (“blade edge”), Ancient Greek ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine thistle”), English awn (“bristle of barley”)).

Noun

thua m (plural thonj, definite thoi, definite plural thonjtë)

1. (anatomy) nail (of the body), fingernail, toenail

Declension

Declension of thua

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	thua	thoi	thonj	thonjtë
accusative		thoin
dative	thoi	thoit	thonjve	thonjve
ablative			thonjsh

Derived terms

• thundër

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [huə]

Noun

thua f

1. Lenited form of tua.

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 輸 (“to lose”, SV: thâu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]

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Verb

thua • (𪿐)

1. to lose

Antonyms

• thắng

Derived terms

Derived terms

• thắng thua
• thua thiệt