treun
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Irish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
treun
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
treun | threun | dtreun |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish trén (“strong”), from Proto-Celtic *trexsnos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
treun (comparative trèine or treasa)
- (higher register) strong
- Synonym: làidir
- sturdy
- Tha am bòrd glè threun! ― The table is very sturdy!
- brave
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
treun | threun |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “treun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
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