traw

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: traw
• Homophone: traf

Verb

traw

1. second-person singular imperative of trawić

Noun

traw f

1. genitive plural of trawa

Further reading

• traw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /traːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /trau̯/
• Rhymes: -au̯

Etymology 1

Stem of taro (“to strike, to hit”).

Noun

traw m (plural trawiau)

1. (music, phonetics) pitch

Derived terms

• acen draw (“pitch accent”)
• offeryn traw (“tuned instrument”)
• traw cyngerdd (“concert pitch”)
• traw cynhenid (“absolute pitch”)
• traw isel (“low pitch”)
• traw llais (“voice pitch”)
• traw perffaith (“perfect pitch”)
• traw perthynol (“relative pitch”)
• traw safonol (“standard pitch, French pitch”)
• traw uchel (“high pitch”)

 

Etymology 2

Adverb

traw

1. (literary) Alternative form of draw (“there, yonder, over”)

Usage notes

This adverb is found almost exclusively in its soft-mutated form draw today except in literary contexts where forms such as aspirate-mutated thraw may be encountered. In essence, draw has become the unmutatable, standard form of the word.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
traw	draw	nhraw	thraw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “traw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies