trok

See also: trȫk

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ndrok, ntrok — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trotto.

Noun

trok m (plural trokë, definite troku, definite plural trokët)

1. trot (of horses)

   e lëshoj trok ― make trot

   lëshohet trok ― it trots

2. jog, trot (of humans)
3. footsteps (sound)

Derived terms

• trokas
• trokthi

 

References

• “trok”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2028b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “trok”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 525b
• Jungg, G. (1895) Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 160b
• Rossi, F. (1875) “tròk”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1284a

Further reading

• Meyer, G. (1891) “toká”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 431f.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• troc

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, whence Serbo-Croatian otrȍk and Slovene otrȍk (“child, youngster”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *otròkъ.

Noun

trok m (plural troki, female equivalent troka)

1. child, youngster, guy, dude, bloke
   • 1886, Antonio Ive, “Biografia dell'Udína, dettata da lui stesso”, in L'antico dialetto di Veglia [Udina's biography, dictated by himself] (overall work in Italian), page 136:

     Cun che jú jéra jáun de dikduát jéin, jú jái duot el prinsiáp de zar fúre de la mája cuósa, a spuás con certján tróki e tróke […].

     When I was eighteen years old, I started going out of my home with some guys and girls for fun […].

References

• Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔk/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

Derived from trekken (“to pull; (air flow) to draft”).

Noun

trok m (plural trokken, diminutive trokje n or troksken n)

1. (Brabant) current of air, draft

   Synonyms: tocht, trek

   Zit ni zo in diejen trok, sebiet schaarde 'n valling oep!

   Don't sit in such a drafty place, soon you'll catch a cold!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trok

1. singular past indicative of trekken

References

• Het Vlaams woordenboek

Anagrams

• kort, krot

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tȏrkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *tоrkʷ-ós, from the root *terkʷ- (“to turn, spin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: trok

Noun

trok m inan (diminutive troczek)

1. strap

   Synonym: rzemień

2. (colloquial) ribbon, string

   Synonyms: sznurek, tasiemka

Declension

Declension of trok

	singular	plural
nominative	trok	troki
genitive	troka/troku	troków
dative	trokowi	trokom
accusative	trok	troki
instrumental	trokiem	trokami
locative	troku	trokach
vocative	troku	troki

Derived terms

adjective

• trokowy

 

noun

• troczenie

 

verbs

• odtroczyć pf
• otroczyć pf
• przytraczać impf, przytroczyć pf
• stroczyć pf
• troczyć impf
• utroczyć pf
• wtroczyć pf

 

Further reading

• trok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• trok in Polish dictionaries at PWN