truagh

truagh
wretched, pitiful, so Irish, Early Irish trúag, Old Irish tróg, Welsh tru, Cornish troc, miser, Breton tru, Gaulish Trôgos: *trougo-, miser, root streug, rub, wear; Greek $$Gstreúgomai, am worn out, distressed; Church Slavonic strugati, scratch, distress, Lithuanian strugas, carving instrument; Norse strjúka, to stroke, German straucheln, stumble (Windisch, Prellwitz). Stokes refers it to the root of Norse þ;rúga, press, þ;rúgan, compulsion, Old High German drûh, compes. From Celtic comes English truant.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of townlands in County Monaghan — This is a link page for townlands in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. In any such case where two or more townlands share the same name, the Civil Parish in which the townland lies is denoted directly afterward in brackets. NOTOC AAcres …   Wikipedia

  • McKenna — McKenna, also MacKenna, is the anglicized form of the Gaelic Irish surname Mac Cionaoith , also spelt Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionnaith, meaning son of Cionaodh . The meaning of Cionaodh can be translated, Cion being an old Irish word for respect… …   Wikipedia

  • St. Raymond's Church (Bronx, New York) — St. Raymond s Church St. Raymond s Church facing East Tremont Ave. General information Town or city Westchester, The Bronx, New York City, New York …   Wikipedia

  • McKenna — This famous clan name may be of medieval Scottish or Irish origin. If the former, McKenna is an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic MacCionaodha , son of Cionaodha, a male given name composed of the elements cion , respect, love, and Aodh , the… …   Surnames reference

  • To play truant — Truant Tru ant, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.] One who stays …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Truant — Tru ant, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.] One who stays away… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ballycastle, County Antrim — Infobox UK place official name= Ballycastle irish name= Baile an Chaistil scots name= local name= static static image caption=Ballycastle harbour map type= Northern Ireland latitude= 55.205 longitude= 6.258 belfast distance= convert|55|mi|0… …   Wikipedia

  • County Monaghan — Coordinates: 54°14′37″N 7°02′22″W / 54.243563°N 7.039490°W / 54.243563; 7.039490 …   Wikipedia

  • List of Spanish words of Celtic origin — This is a list of Spanish words of Celtic origin. It is further divided into words that are known (or thought) to have come from Gaulish and those that have come from an undetermined Celtic source. Some of these words existed in Latin as… …   Wikipedia

  • Monaghan Senior Football Championship — Irish Cluiche Ceannais Muineacháin Founded 1888 Title holders Latton (4th title) Most titles Castleblayney Faughs (37 titles) …   Wikipedia

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher — For the Anglican diocese, see Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland). Diocese of Clogher Dioecesis Clogheriensis Deoise Chlochair Location Territory County Monaghan, most of …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”