# troid
## English
### Etymology 1

Clipping of Metroid.

#### Noun

troid (plural troids)
* (fandom slang) Any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.
** 2018 April 15, Andrew! (@Drewiker_), Twitter‎: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: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:really hope MercurySteam gets to keep cranking out some more 2D troids
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:troid.
* (fandom slang) An individual member of the fictional alien Metroid species in this franchise.
** 2016 May 29, Horrible Checkers Lad Appreciator (@clockwork353), Twitter‎: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: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: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

From tranny +‎ -oid, probably as an abbreviation of earlier slur trannoid.

#### Noun

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

##### Coordinate terms

* moid (derogatory)
* foid (derogatory)
* femoid (derogatory)

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠɞdʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠɾˠɪdʲ/

### Noun

troid f (genitive singular troda, nominative plural troideanna)
* verbal noun of troid
* a fight
    Synonym: comhrac

#### 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

troid (present analytic troideann, future analytic troidfidh, verbal noun troid, past participle troidte)
* (transitive, intransitive) fight
    Synonym: comhraic

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | troidim | troideann tú; troidir$^†$ | troideann sé, sí | troidimid | troideann sibh | troideann siad; troidid$^†$ | a throideann; a throideas / a dtroideann* | troidtear |
| indicative | past | throid mé; throideas | throid tú; throidis | throid sé, sí | throideamar; throid muid | throid sibh; throideabhair | throid siad; throideadar | a throid / ar throid* | troideadh |
| indicative | past habitual | throidinn / dtroidinn‡‡ | throidteá / dtroidteá‡‡ | throideadh sé, sí / dtroideadh sé, sí‡‡ | throidimis; throideadh muid / dtroidimis‡‡; dtroideadh muid‡‡ | throideadh sibh / dtroideadh sibh‡‡ | throididís; throideadh siad / dtroididís‡‡; dtroideadh siad‡‡ | a throideadh / a dtroideadh* | throidtí / dtroidtí‡‡ |
| future | future | troidfidh mé; troidfead | troidfidh tú; troidfir$^†$ | troidfidh sé, sí | troidfimid; troidfidh muid | troidfidh sibh | troidfidh siad; troidfid$^†$ | a throidfidh; a throidfeas / a dtroidfidh* | troidfear |
| conditional | conditional | throidfinn / dtroidfinn‡‡ | throidfeá / dtroidfeá‡‡ | throidfeadh sé, sí / dtroidfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | throidfimis; throidfeadh muid / dtroidfimis‡‡; dtroidfeadh muid‡‡ | throidfeadh sibh / dtroidfeadh sibh‡‡ | throidfidís; throidfeadh siad / dtroidfidís‡‡; dtroidfeadh siad‡‡ | a throidfeadh / a dtroidfeadh* | throidfí / dtroidfí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | troidim | troid | troideadh sé, sí | troidimis | troidigí; troididh$^†$ | troididís | — | troidtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | troid | troid | troid | troid | troid | troid | troid | troid |
| past participle | past participle | troidte | troidte | troidte | troidte | troidte | troidte | troidte | troidte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Related terms

* trodach
* trodaí
* trodaire
* trodaireacht
* trodán
* trodúil
* troidmhear

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “troit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 159, page 80
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 55, page 24

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trotaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “troid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “troid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “troid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰɾɔtʲ/

### Etymology 1

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

troid (past throid, future troididh, verbal noun trod, past participle troidte)
* quarrel, squabble, row, fight (usually verbally)
    Synonym: sabaid
* chide, reprove, scold
    Synonyms: càin, cronaich

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

troid m
* inflection of trod:
** genitive singular
** plural

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trɔi̯d/
* Rhymes: -ɔi̯d
* Homophone: troed (South Wales)

### Verb

troid
* imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional impersonal of troi

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.