Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *trex (stronger), from Proto-Celtic *trexsos, from Proto-Indo-European *treg- (strength).[1] Cognate with Cornish trech, Breton trec'h, Old Irish tressa, and with Norn trøg (rude, coarse) and Icelandic þrek (strength) from Old Norse þrekr.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

trech (feminine singular trech, plural trech, equative treched, comparative trechach, superlative trechaf)

  1. stronger, superior, mightier
  2. dominant

Derived terms edit

  • trechedd (supremacy, dominance)
  • trechu (to defeat, to overcome)

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trech drech nhrech threch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trech”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies