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• truaghán (superseded)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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
truán	thruán	dtruán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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