Pota Focal Intergaelic
atrua | rua | truas | tua | rut
Gluais TíHouse Glossary Gluais Beo!Beo! Glossary TeasárasThesaurus BriathraVerbs
trombón tromchúiseach tromlach trópaic trosc troscadh troscán trua truacánta truaill truailligh truailliú truamhéalach trucail truflais truicear trup tua tuáille tuairim
trua
FEMININE NOUN
pity
is trua [go bhfuil rud amhlaidh]
it is a pitty [that something is the case]
is trua nach bhfuil a leithéid i mBaile Átha Cliath
it's a pitty something like that isn't in Dublin
is mór an trua é sin
that is a great pity
trua ag [A] do [B]
[A] has pity for [B]
trua agam don bhean bhocht a fuair bás
I pity the poor woman who died
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
trua
FEMININE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
trua
NOMINATVE PLURAL
truanna
GENITIVE PLURAL
truanna
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é trua an 840ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 9,904 focal.
Trua is the 840th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 9,904 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
Is trua nach bhfuil a leithéid i mBaile Átha Cliath.
It's a pitty something like that doesn't exist in Dublin.
Is mór an trua sin.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
That's a shame.
Is mór an trua dom nach bhfaca an dráma riamh.
'Beo!', beo.ie
I regret very much that I never saw the play.
Is trua nach raibh "JFK moment" ag ár nglúin féin, mar a bhí ag an gceann a tháinig romhainn.
'Beo!', beo.ie
It is a pity that our generation never had a "JFK moment" like the one that came before us.
Ba mhór an truaighe nach bhfuair foghlaim i m'óige.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
It's a shame I didn't get an education when I was young.
Bhí truaigh an tsaoil aige do Mhicheál Dubh agus don bhail a chuir an bhantracht air.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
He felt sorry for Micheál Dubh and for what women did to him.
Bhí truaigh aige dóibh, ach truaigh gan tarrtháil a bhí inti.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
He felt sorry for them but there was nothing he could do for them.