trai
See also: Appendix:Variations of "trai"
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *tragere, from Latin trahere, present active infinitive of trahō.
VerbEdit
trai (past participle trat)
- (transitive) to throw; to dash
- (transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to fire
ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
trai
- inflection of trarre:
AnagramsEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -aj
VerbEdit
trai
- inflection of trair:
Tocharian BEdit
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Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian A tre.
NumeralEdit
trai
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Vietnamese blai, from Proto-Vietic *p-laːl (“man, male”).
Alternative formsEdit
- (Northern Vietnam) giai
NounEdit
- (collective) boys and men
- con trai ― boys
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
AdjectiveEdit
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 notesEdit
- 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 alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)