treun
Irish edit
Adjective edit
treun
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| treun | threun | dtreun |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish trén (“strong”), from Proto-Celtic *trexsnos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
treun (comparative trèine or treasa)
- (higher register) strong
- Synonym: làidir
- sturdy
- Tha am bòrd glè threun! ― The table is very sturdy!
- brave
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| treun | threun |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “treun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language