{"id":2799,"date":"2023-06-10T11:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T11:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:04:10","slug":"celtic-pathways-truant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2799","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Truant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Truant\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-10T11:02:40+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M16S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we find out what links the word truant with words for beggar, wretch and related things in Celtic and other languages.\n\n\n\nTruant [\u02c8t\u0279\u028a\u0259nt\/\u02c8t\u0279u\u02d0.\u0259nt] means:\n\n \tAbsent without permission, especially from school.\n \tWandering from busines...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8499\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2799-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2799-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"truant.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we find out what links the word <strong>truant<\/strong> with words for <strong>beggar<\/strong>, <strong>wretch<\/strong> and related things in Celtic and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chodhound\/6150805225\/in\/photolist-anwu6X-8tQRb-w5BpU-9AqHMN-e7WCmv-bQMbjM-bRsDV2-4KEbYF-mDz4a-9xSCi8-meLmXQ-Bx1mR-rhAYwc-5bMfdX-hTRzTe-4V9hGQ-6zbBT-fVfngJ-dWfZF3-2ZHCS-9DoRNb-dZ2pTH-9XYRXM-6eHsPm-ce2szE-ornbwH-dKaZBE-ne2Z6b-2fvrVu-gEhTWD-U3L2X1-2L2JpC-4n6Ns-caWV65-MWE6XQ-ng5pcF-ng7EKu-dWRjyZ-2fqZ1Z-5YtmWs-88e1Bg-cTe6ss-dy94Z7-ng7CWQ-az4NH8-2fvpUj-9tfwNk-ng5Do4-6KEW7p-7U4ZNf\" title=\"Begging\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6081\/6150805225_3d2a5d1b25_z.jpg\" alt=\"Begging\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Truant [\u02c8t\u0279\u028a\u0259nt\/\u02c8t\u0279u\u02d0.\u0259nt] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Absent without permission, especially from school.<\/li>\n<li>Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty<\/li>\n<li>One who is absent without permission, especially from school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <em>truant\/truand<\/em> (one who receives alms, a begger, vagabond, vagrant, scoundrel, rogue, shiftless or good-for-nothing fellow) from Old French <em>truand<\/em> (vagabond, beggar, rogue), either from Gaulish <em>*trugan<\/em> (wretch), or from Breton <em>truant<\/em> (beggar), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *terh\u2081- (to rub, turn, drill, pierce) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/truant#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>trua<\/strong> [t\u032a\u02e0\u027e\u02e0u\u0259] = pity, sympathy, compassion, miserable person or wretch in Irish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>truaghan<\/strong> [tru\u0259\u0263an] = poor soul, poor thing or wretch in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>truanagh<\/strong> = miserable, mournful or sorrowful person in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>truan<\/strong> = wretch, miserable person; wretched, miserable, pathetic, poor or weak in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>truan<\/strong> = sad, miserable, unfortunate or wretched in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>truant<\/strong> = beggar in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other words from the same Proto-Celtic root include <strong>truand<\/strong> [t\u0281y.\u0251\u0303] (crook, gangster, beggar) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/truand#French\">source<\/a>], <strong>truhan<\/strong> [t\u027eu\u02c8an] (scoundrel, scammer, swindler, rogue, crook, [<em>historically<\/em>] jester, buffoon) in Spanish, <strong>tru\u00e3o<\/strong> (jester) in Portuguese, and <strong>trogo<\/strong> (jester) in Galician [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Spanish_words_of_Celtic_origin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, words for <strong>truant<\/strong> in Celtic languages include: <strong>f\u00e1nach<\/strong> in Irish, <strong>air falach<\/strong> in Scottish Gaelic, <strong>truggan<\/strong> in Manx, and <strong>triwant<\/strong> in Welsh.<\/p>\n<p>What do you call the action of playing truant?<\/p>\n<p>For me its <strong>skiving (off)<\/strong> and when you do it, you&#8217;re a <strong>skiver<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xOjQJTfeKEc\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xOjQJTfeKEc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Truant\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-10T11:02:40+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M16S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we find out what links the word truant with words for beggar, wretch and related things in Celtic and other languages.\n\n\n\nTruant [\u02c8t\u0279\u028a\u0259nt\/\u02c8t\u0279u\u02d0.\u0259nt] means:\n\n \tAbsent without permission, especially from school.\n \tWandering from busines...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8500\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2799-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2799-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/truant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"truant.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we find out what links the word truant with words for beggar, wretch and related things in Celtic and other languages. Truant [\u02c8t\u0279\u028a\u0259nt\/\u02c8t\u0279u\u02d0.\u0259nt] means: Absent without permission, especially from school. Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty One who is absent without permission, especially from school. 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