trai
See also: Appendix:Variations of "trai"
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *tragere, from Latin trahere, present active infinitive of trahō.
Verb edit
trai (past participle trat)
- (transitive) to throw; to dash
- (transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to fire
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
trai
Verb edit
trai
- inflection of trarre:
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: trai
- Rhymes: -aj
Verb edit
trai
- inflection of trair:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from trăi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trai n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of trai (singular only)
Descendants edit
- → Romani: tràjo (“life”)
Tocharian B edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tocharian *treyä, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian A tre.
Numeral edit
trai
References edit
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “trai”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 339-340
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˧˧]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *p-laːl (“man, male”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
- (collective) boys and men
- con trai ― boys
- (collective, informal, colloquial) gigolos; male prostitutes
- làm trai ― to be a gigolo
See also edit
Derived terms
Adjective edit
trai
- (only in fixed expressions, of people) male
- Synonym: nam
- anh trai ― an older brother
- em trai ― a younger brother
- con trai ― a son / boys
- cháu trai ― a grandson / a nephew
- bác trai ― a man who's presumably slightly older than one's parent
- bạn trai ― a young male friend / a young boy or man / a boyfriend
Usage notes edit
- Unlike other kinship terms, bác is gender-neutral when used to address a senior stranger, therefore it could be accompanied by trai or gái for clarification.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
(classifier con) trai • (𧕚, 𧍍)
- a mussel
Derived terms edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh trei, from Proto-Celtic *trāgi (“low tide, beach”). Cognate with Old Irish tráig (“shore, strand; ebb tide”).
Noun edit
trai m
Derived terms edit
- llanw a thrai (“ebb and flow”)
- treio (“to ebb”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
trai | drai | nhrai | thrai |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies