trest

See also: tresť

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛst]

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Noun

trest m inan

1. punishment, penalty, sentence

   trest smrti ― death penalty

   uložit trest ― to penalize

Declension

Declension of trest (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	trest	tresty
genitive	trestu	trestů
dative	trestu	trestům
accusative	trest	tresty
vocative	treste	tresty
locative	trestu	trestech
instrumental	trestem	tresty

Related terms

• trestanec
• trestat
• trestní
• trestný
• trestuhodný

 

Further reading

• trest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• trest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• trest in Internetová jazyková příručka

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trete, trist

Etymology

From Old French treste, variant of trestre, trastre, from Latin trānstrum; doublet of traunsom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛst(ə)/, /ˈtrɛːt(ə)/

Noun

trest (plural trestes)

1. trestle, support
2. (rare) tripod

Related terms

• trestel

Descendants

• Scots: trest

References

• “trest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romansch

Adjective

trest m (feminine singular tresta, masculine plural trests, feminine plural trestas)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) Alternative form of trist (“sad”)

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) truli

Antonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) allegher
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
• (Sursilvan) leger

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English trest, from Old French trastre, from Latin trānstrum; related to English trestle.

Noun

trest (plural trests)

1. A beam.
2. A stool.