trus

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrus]
• Hyphenation: trus
• Rhymes: -us

Related to the verb trúsiti (“to shit, defecate”), from a base meaning "to scatter, disperse," also found in the verb trousit (“to scatter”), from or related to Proto-Slavic *trošiti (“to crumble”).^[1]

trus m inan

1. excrement

   Synonyms: lejno, výkal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

trus

1. second-person singular imperative of trousit

• “trus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “trus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “trus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫs. Cognate with Belarusian трус (trus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrus/
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: trus

trus m animal (diminutive trusk)

1. rabbit (lagomorph of any of several genera of the family Leporidae)

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “królik”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “trus”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drewH-, *deru- (“firm, hard, solid, faithful, true”), see also Old Prussian druwit (“to believe”), Old Irish derb (“certain”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /truːs/

trūs n

1. brushwood

• Middle English: trouse, trous
  • English: trouse
  • Fingallian: trouses (plural)

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “trús”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• truis

From English truss

trus (past thrus, future trusaidh, verbal noun trusadh, past participle trusta)

1. truss, bundle up, bundle together
2. tuck up, roll up (garment)
3. gather, collect (livestock)

• ainmear trusaidh (“collective noun”)