Wiktionary

troid

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Clipping of Metroid.

Noun edit

troid (plural troids)

  1. (fandom slang) Any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.
    • 2018 April 15, Andrew! (@Drewiker_), Twitter‎[1]:
      Games I look forward to next year:
      [...]
      Metroid Prime 4 (I’ve never played one of the 3D troids but I wanna)
    • 2020 May 3, D3 (@Professor_D3), Twitter‎[2]:
      It kinda ruined parts of Metroid 2 and it's definitely one of the weaker 2D troids, but it has solid moment to moment gameplay and Samus "feels" great to control.
    • 2021 October 27, Brandon Classic Movies (@Thatoneguy64), Twitter‎[3]:
      really hope MercurySteam gets to keep cranking out some more 2D troids
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.
  2. (fandom slang) An individual member of the fictional alien Metroid species in this franchise.
    • 2016 May 29, Horrible Checkers Lad Appreciator (@clockwork353), Twitter‎[4]:
      The much derided linearity is merely a reappearance of the linearity of Metroid 2, with it's coincidental earthquakes when you killed troids
    • 2020 April 30, Antiquity Row (@vorpalll), Twitter‎[5]:
      the metroid fights, meanwhile, their counter tells are SO LONG i always miss them by hitting the button early. like, it can't possibly be that long. except it is. i have no success trying to do it on reaction either..
      also, the troids spend too long being invuln for w/e reason
    • 2021 July 15, Lorian (@grackling), Twitter‎[6]:
      I love to draw samus and metroids... metroids are cute... I want to draw more of the other critters too (space pirates? ridley? non-larval troids????)
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.

Etymology 2 edit

tr(ans) +‎ -oid

Noun edit

troid (plural troids)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person.
    • 2020 July 10, MKULTRA (@mkultraism), Twitter‎[7]:
      at least we both concede that troids are hard on the eyes
    • 2020 November 30, CoolAndGood (@HowDareYouSir_), Twitter‎[8]:
      Ever wonder why the majority of troids are trans "woman"?
    • 2022 January 6, Evan (@EvanPlatinum), Twitter‎[9]:
      thats an awful lot of words to say you dont like troids
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish troit (“fight, battle, quarrel”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to thrust, push”), related to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“affliction, agony, struggle”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

troid f (genitive singular troda, nominative plural troideanna)

  1. verbal noun of troid
  2. a fight
    Synonym: comhrac

Declension edit

Declension of troid

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative troid troideanna
Vocative a throid a throideanna
Genitive troda troideanna
Dative troid troideanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an troid na troideanna
Genitive na troda na dtroideanna
Dative leis an troid

don troid

leis na troideanna

Verb edit

troid (present analytic troideann, future analytic troidfidh, verbal noun troid, past participle troidte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) fight
    Synonym: comhraic

Conjugation edit

conjugation of troid (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present troidim troideann tú;
troidir† 		troideann sé, sí troidimid troideann sibh troideann siad;
troidid† 		a throideann; a throideas /
a dtroideann*; a dtroideas* 		troidtear
past throid mé; throideas throid tú; throidis throid sé, sí throideamar; throid muid throid sibh; throideabhair throid siad; throideadar a throid /
ar throid* 		troideadh
past habitual throidinn / dtroidinn‡‡ throidteá / dtroidteᇇ throideadh sé, sí / dtroideadh sé, s퇇 throidimis; throideadh muid / dtroidimis‡‡; dtroideadh muid‡‡ throideadh sibh / dtroideadh sibh‡‡ throididís; throideadh siad / dtroididís‡‡; dtroideadh siad‡‡ a throideadh /
a dtroideadh* 		throidtí / dtroidt퇇
future troidfidh mé;
troidfead 		troidfidh tú;
troidfir† 		troidfidh sé, sí troidfimid;
troidfidh muid 		troidfidh sibh troidfidh siad;
troidfid† 		a throidfidh; a throidfeas /
a dtroidfidh*; a dtroidfeas* 		troidfear
conditional throidfinn / dtroidfinn‡‡ throidfeá / dtroidfeᇇ throidfeadh sé, sí / dtroidfeadh sé, s퇇 throidfimis; throidfeadh muid / dtroidfimis‡‡; dtroidfeadh muid‡‡ throidfeadh sibh / dtroidfeadh sibh‡‡ throidfidís; throidfeadh siad / dtroidfidís‡‡; dtroidfeadh siad‡‡ a throidfeadh /
a dtroidfeadh* 		throidfí / dtroidf퇇
subjunctive present go dtroide mé;
go dtroidead† 		go dtroide tú;
go dtroidir† 		go dtroide sé, sí go dtroidimid;
go dtroide muid 		go dtroide sibh go dtroide siad;
go dtroidid† 		— go dtroidtear
past dá dtroidinn dá dtroidteá dá dtroideadh sé, sí dá dtroidimis;
dá dtroideadh muid 		dá dtroideadh sibh dá dtroididís;
dá dtroideadh siad 		— dá dtroidtí
imperative troidim troid troideadh sé, sí troidimis troidigí;
troididh† 		troididís — troidtear
verbal noun troid
past participle troidte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
troid throid dtroid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “troit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 80
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From trod, from Middle Irish trot, from Old Irish troit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to thrust, push”), related to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“affliction, agony, struggle”).

Verb edit

troid (past throid, future troididh, verbal noun trod, past participle troidte)

  1. quarrel, squabble, row, fight (usually verbally)
    Synonym: sabaid
  2. chide, reprove, scold
    Synonyms: càin, cronaich

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

troid m

  1. inflection of trod:
    1. genitive singular
    2. plural

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
troid throid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

troid

  1. imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional impersonal of troi

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
troid droid nhroid throid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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