treun

Irish

Adjective

treun

  1. obsolete spelling of tréan

Mutation

Mutated forms of treun
radical lenition eclipsis
treun threun dtreun

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish trén (“strong”), from Proto-Celtic *trexsnos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɾʲeːn/

Adjective

treun (comparative trèine or treasa)

  1. (higher register) strong
    Synonym: làidir
  2. sturdy
    Tha am bòrd glè threun! ― The table is very sturdy!
  3. brave

Mutation

Mutation of treun
radical lenition
treun threun

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “treun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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