trech

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *trex (stronger), from Proto-Celtic *trexsos, from Proto-Indo-European *treg- (strength).[1] Cognate with Cornish trech, Breton trec'h, Old Irish tressa, and with Norn trøg (rude, coarse) and Icelandic þrek (strength) from Old Norse þrekr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

trech (feminine singular trech, plural trech, equative treched, comparative trechach, superlative trechaf)

  1. stronger, superior, mightier
  2. dominant

Derived terms[edit]

  • trechedd (supremacy, dominance)
  • trechu (to defeat, to overcome)

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trech drech nhrech threch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

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