troi

See also: trois, Troi, trói, trôi, and trời

Old French

Numeral

troi

1. alternative form of treis

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɔi
• Syllabification: tro‧i
• Homophone: Troi

Verb

troi

1. third-person singular present of troić

Venetan

Alternative forms

• troxo, stroxo

Noun

troi m (invariable)

1. path, trail

Welsh

Etymology

From tro (“bend, twist, turn”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔi̯/
• Rhymes: -ɔi̯

Verb

troi (first-person singular present troaf or trof)

1. to turn
2. to bend, to curve
3. to overturn, to flip
4. to turn, to spoil, to go off

   Synonyms: sbwylio, difetha

5. to twist, to kink
6. to plough
7. to convert

Conjugation

Conjugation of troi (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trof	troi	try	trown	trowch	trônt	troir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	trown	troit	trôi	troem	troech	troent	troid
preterite	trois	troist	trodd, troes	troesom	troesoch	troesant	trowyd, troed
pluperfect	troeswn	troesit	troesai	troesem	troesech	troesent	troesid
present subjunctive	trowyf	troech	tro	trôm	trôch	trônt	troer
imperative	—	tro	troed	trown	trowch	troent, trônt	troer
verbal noun	troi
verbal adjectives	troëdig troadwy

Conjugation of troi (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	troa i, troaf i	troi di	troith o/e/hi, troiff e/hi	trown ni	trowch chi	troan nhw
conditional	trown i, troswn i	troet ti, troset ti	troai fo/fe/hi, trosai fo/fe/hi	troen ni, trosen ni	troech chi, trosech chi	troen nhw, trosen nhw
preterite	troais i, troes i	troaist ti, troest ti	trodd o/e/hi	trôn ni	trôch chi	trôn nhw
imperative	—	troa	—	—	trowch	—

All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• alltroëdig (“extrovert, extroversive”)
• amdroi (“to go around”)
• cildroi, troi'n ôl (“to turn back”)
• chwyldroi (“to revolve”)
• dirdroi (“to wrench”)
• gwrthdroi (“to invert”)
• gwyrdroi (“to distort”)
• llwyfan droi (“turntable”)
• nydd-droi (“to twist”)
• teclyn troi (“ remote control”)
• troad (“rotation”)
• troadwy (“convertible”)
• troëdig (“turning, capricious”)
• trofan (“tropic”)
• troi allan (“to turn out, to throw out”)
• troi drosodd (“to turn over”)
• troi heibio (“to give up”)
• troi i fyny (“to turn upwards”)
• troi o gwmpas, troi o amgylch (“to turn around”)
• troi yn y cogwrn (“to change one's mind”, literally “to turn in the shell”)
• troi'r drol (“to cause an argument”, literally “to upset the (apple)cart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of troi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
troi	droi	nhroi	throi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “troi”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “troi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies