trech

Welsh

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /treːχ/

Adjective

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

  1. stronger, superior, mightier
  2. dominant

Derived terms

  • gorthrech (“oppression”)
  • trechedd (“supremacy, dominance”)
  • trechu (“to defeat, to overcome”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trech
radical soft nasal aspirate
trech drech nhrech threch

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

References

  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
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