trú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tru"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰr̥uː/

Noun

trú f (genitive singular trúar, nominative plural trúr)

1. faith

Declension

Declension of trú (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trú	trúin	trúr	trúrnar
accusative	trú	trúna	trúr	trúrnar
dative	trú	trúnni	trúm	trúnum
genitive	trúar	trúarinnar	trúa	trúnna

Derived terms

• Ásatrú (“faith in the Æsir”)
• bókstafstrú
• eingyðistrú
• fjölgyðistrú
• trúleysi

Anagrams

• túr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *trewwō.

Noun

trú f (genitive trúar)

1. faith

Declension

Declension of trú (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trú	trúin	trúar	trúarnar
accusative	trú	trúina	trúar	trúarnar
dative	trú	trúinni	trúm	trúnum
genitive	trúar	trúarinnar	trúa	trúanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: trú
• Faroese: trúgv
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tru
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: tru
• Swedish: tro
• Danish: tro
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

trú

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

Noun

trú

1. oblique singular of trúa

Verb

trú

1. second-person singular imperative of trúa

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “trú”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 442; also available at the Internet Archive

Pichinglis

Etymology

From English true.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁú/

Verb

trú

1. (stative) true

References

• Kofi Yakpo (2019), A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 576

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 住.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˦˥]

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Verb

trú

1. to take shelter

   trú mưa ― to take shelter from a rain

Derived terms

• bán trú
• cư trú
• di trú
• đồn trú
• nội trú
• tạm trú
• thường trú
• tránh trú
• trú ẩn
• trú ngụ

Anagrams

• rút