traw
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
traw
Noun edit
traw f
Further reading edit
- traw in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /traːu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /trau̯/
- Rhymes: -au̯
Etymology 1 edit
Stem of taro (“to strike, to hit”).
Noun edit
traw m (plural trawiau)
Derived terms edit
- acen draw (“pitch accent”)
- offeryn traw (“tuned instrument”)
- traw cyngerdd (“concert pitch”)
- traw cynhenid (“absolute pitch”)
- traw isel (“low pitch”)
- traw llais (“voice pitch”)
- traw perffaith (“perfect pitch”)
- traw perthynol (“relative pitch”)
- traw safonol (“standard pitch, French pitch”)
- traw uchel (“high pitch”)
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
traw
Usage notes edit
This adverb is found almost exclusively in its soft-mutated form draw today except in literary contexts where forms such as aspirate-mutated thraw may be encountered. In essence, draw has become the unmutatable, standard form of the word.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
traw | draw | nhraw | thraw |
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), “traw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies