truán

Irish

Alternative forms

• truaghán (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish truagán, from Old Irish trógán. By surface analysis, trua +‎ -án.

Noun

truán m (genitive singular truáin, nominative plural truáin)

1. wretch (unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person)

Declension

Declension of truán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative truán truáin vocative a thruáin a thruána genitive truáin truán dative truán truáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an truán na truáin genitive an truáin na dtruán dative leis an truán don truán leis na truáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of truán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
truán	thruán	dtruán

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “truaġán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 759
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “truán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN