truls
“truls” is a Latvian word. Its 6 meanings in English:
adjective
- blunt, dull
- hollow
- dull, blunt (relatively strong but not concentrated, usually for a relatively long time)
- dull, blunt, dumb (not well developed, spiritually depressed, weakened, incapable of being felt deeply, diversely; narrow-minded, indifferent, insensitive; something which expresses these characteristics)
- dull (lacking variety, depth, with weak capacity for perception and reaction; depressed)
- dull, monotonous, repetitive
Etymology
From the same stem as the verb trunēt (“to decay, to rot”) (q.v.): Proto-Indo-European *trew-, *tru- with a suffix lo (> la in Proto-Baltic).
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