treun

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Irish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

treun

  1. Obsolete spelling of tréan

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
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)

  1. (higher register) strong
    Synonym: làidir
  2. sturdy
    Tha am bòrd glè threun!The table is very sturdy!
  3. 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
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language