traw

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtraf/
  • Rhymes: -af
  • Syllabification: traw
  • Homophone: traf

Verb

traw

  1. second-person singular imperative of trawić

Noun

traw f

  1. genitive plural of trawa

Further reading

  • traw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Stem of taro (“to strike, to hit”).

Noun

traw m (plural trawiau)

  1. (music, phonetics) pitch
Derived terms
  • 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

Adverb

traw

  1. (literary) alternative form of draw (“there, yonder, over”)
Usage notes

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

Mutated forms of traw
radical soft nasal aspirate
traw draw nhraw thraw

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • 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
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