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

Anagrams

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