trén

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See also: tren, trèn, and trên

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trexsnos (compare Primitive Irish ᚈᚈᚏᚓᚅᚐᚂᚒᚌᚑᚄ (ttrenalugos), ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚐᚌᚒᚄᚒ (trenagusu)), with comparative *trexsos (compare Middle Welsh trech (stronger); Breton trec'h (victory); Cornish trygh (victorious)); Gaulish Trexius, Trexa, Trenus), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (to be stiff, rigid, strong) (Old Norse þróttr (strength))

Pronunciation

Adjective

trén (equative tressithir, comparative tressa, superlative tressam)

  1. strong

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative trén trén trén
Vocative tréuin*
trén**
Accusative trén tréuin
Genitive tréuin tréuine tréuin
Dative trén tréuin trén
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative tréuin tréna
Vocative trénu
tréna
Accusative trénu
tréna
Genitive trén
Dative trénaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

  • treise f (strength, vigour, power)

Descendants

  • Irish: tréan
  • Manx: trean
  • Scottish Gaelic: treun

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
trén thrén trén
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading