tŕň

See also: trn

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Cognate with Czech and Slovene trn, Bulgarian трън (trǎn), Serbo-Croatian трн, trn, Russian тёрн (tjorn), терние (ternije). Non-Slavic cognates include English thorn, Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa, “grass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr̩ːɲ/
• Rhymes: -r̩ːɲ

Noun

tŕň m (genitive singular tŕňa, nominative plural tŕne, genitive plural tŕňov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. thorn (protective spine of a plant)

Declension

Declension of tŕň

	singular	plural
nominative	tŕň	tŕne
genitive	tŕňa	tŕňov
dative	tŕňu	tŕňom
accusative	tŕň	tŕne
locative	tŕni	tŕňoch
instrumental	tŕňom	tŕňami

Related terms

• tŕnie

Further reading

• “tŕň”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024