trúa

See also: trua

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trúa, from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰruːa/
• Rhymes: -uːa

Verb

trúa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative trúði, supine trúað)

1. to believe

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• trúa fyrir

Anagrams

• rúta

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *trūwāną.

Verb

trúa (singular past indicative trúði, plural past indicative trúðu, past participle trúat)

1. (transitive, with dative) to believe

   mundir þú trúa fyrirburð þessum, ef Njáll segði þér?

   would you believe it if Njál said it?

Conjugation

Conjugation of trúa — active (weak class 3)

infinitive	trúa
present participle	trúandi
past participle	trúar
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	trúi	trúða
2nd-person singular	trúir	trúðir
3rd-person singular	trúir	trúði
1st-person plural	trúm	trúðum
2nd-person plural	trúið	trúðuð
3rd-person plural	trúa	trúðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	trúa	trýða
2nd-person singular	trúir	trýðir
3rd-person singular	trúi	trýði
1st-person plural	trúim	trýðim
2nd-person plural	trúið	trýðið
3rd-person plural	trúi	trýði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	trú
1st-person plural	trúm
2nd-person plural	trúið

Conjugation of trúa — mediopassive (weak class 3)

infinitive	trúask
present participle	trúandisk
past participle	trúazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	trúmk	trúðumk
2nd-person singular	trúisk	trúðisk
3rd-person singular	trúisk	trúðisk
1st-person plural	trúmsk	trúðumsk
2nd-person plural	trúizk	trúðuzk
3rd-person plural	trúask	trúðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	trúmk	trýðumk
2nd-person singular	trúisk	trýðisk
3rd-person singular	trúisk	trýðisk
1st-person plural	trúimsk	trýðimsk
2nd-person plural	trúizk	trýðizk
3rd-person plural	trúisk	trýðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	trúsk
1st-person plural	trúmsk
2nd-person plural	trúizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: trúa
• Faroese: trúgva
• Norwegian Bokmål: tro, tru
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tru
• Danish: tro
• Swedish: tro

Etymology 2

Noun

trúa f (genitive trú)

1. Alternative form of trú

Declension

  Declension of trúa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trúa	trúan	trúr	trúrnar
accusative	trú	trúna	trúr	trúrnar
dative	trú	trúnni	trúm	trúnum
genitive	trú	trúnnar	trúna	trúnanna

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

trúa

1. inflection of trúr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Noun

trúa

1. indefinite genitive plural of trú

References

• trúa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.