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

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *trūwāną.

Verb

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

1. to believe [with dative]

   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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	trúi	trúða		trúa	trýða
2nd person singular	trúir	trúðir		trúir	trýðir
3rd person singular	trúir	trúði		trúi	trýði
1st person plural	trúm	trúðum		trúim	trýðim
2nd person plural	trúið	trúðuð		trúið	trýðið
3rd person plural	trúa	trúðu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	trúmk	trúðumk		trúmk	trýðumk
2nd person singular	trúisk	trúðisk		trúisk	trýðisk
3rd person singular	trúisk	trúðisk		trúisk	trýðisk
1st person plural	trúmsk	trúðumsk		trúimsk	trýðimsk
2nd person plural	trúizk	trúðuzk		trúizk	trýðizk
3rd person plural	trúask	trúðusk		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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “trúa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 443; also available at the Internet Archive