troed

See also: tröð

Welsh

FWOTD – 7 January 2017

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh troet, from Proto-Celtic *tregess.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /troːɨ̯d/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /trɔi̯d/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /troːd/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d
Homophone: troid (South Wales)

Noun

troed m or f (plural traed)

foot (part of body)
- 1620, William Morgan, Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, Salm 91:12:
  Ar eu dwylo, y’th ddygant rhag taro dy droed wrth garreg.
  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Derived terms

bys troed (“toe”)
clustlys troed aderyn (“ bird's-foot earwort”)
deudroed (now only used in ar ddeudroed (“on foot”))
deudroediog (“bipedal”)
gosod ar droed (“to set afoot”)
llun troed (“footprint”)
llydandroed (“phalarope”)
llyfu traed (“to lick boots, to suck up to (someone)”)
ôl troed (“footprint”)
pedwartroed (“quadrupedal”)
pêl-droed (“football”)
tindroed (“grebe”)
traed brain (“messy handwriting”, literally “crows' feet”)
troed y blaidd (“stag's-horn clubmoss”)
troed y cyw (“hedge parsley”)
troed y frân (“buttercup crowfoot”)
troed yr arth (“bear's breech”)
troed yr ŵydd (“goosefoot”)
troedfedd (“foot (unit of measurement)”)
troedio (“to tread”)
troednoeth (“barefoot”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /troːɨ̯d/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /trɔi̯d/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d
Homophone: troid (South Wales)

Verb

troed

preterite impersonal of troi

Mutation

Mutated forms of *troed*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
troed	droed	nhroed	throed

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), “troed”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies