трион
Bulgarian
Etymology
Modelled after Greek πριόνι (prióni, “saw”), with root reanalysed to resemble native три́я (tríja, “to rub, to scratch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [triˈɔn]
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
трио́н • (trión) m (diminutive трио́нец)
- saw (cutting tool)
Usage notes
Typically refers to a manual ripsaw. Modern power chainsaws are usually referred to as реза́чка (rezáčka, literally “cutter”), although occasionally they may also be called трион.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | трио́н trión |
трио́ни trióni |
| definite (subject form) |
трио́нът triónǎt |
трио́ните triónite |
| definite (object form) |
трио́на trióna | |
| count form | — | трио́на trióna |
Alternative forms
- трийо́н (trijón), триво́н (trivón) — dialectal
Derived terms
- ри́ба трио́н (ríba trión, “sawfish”)
References
- “трион”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “трион”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “трыо́нъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 365
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1950) “Etymologische Beiträge”, in Zeitschrift für Slavische Philologie[2] (in German), volume 20, pages 400–401
Anagrams
- интро (intro)