trest

See also: tresť

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtrɛst]
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Noun

trest m inan

  1. punishment, penalty, sentence
    trest smrti ― death penalty
    uložit trest ― to penalize

Declension
Declension of trest (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative trest tresty
genitive trestu trestů
dative trestu trestům
accusative trest tresty
vocative treste tresty
locative trestu trestech
instrumental trestem tresty

Further reading
  • trest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • trest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • trest in Internetová jazyková příručka

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French treste, variant of trestre, trastre, from Latin trānstrum; doublet of traunsom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛst(ə)/, /ˈtrɛːt(ə)/

Noun

trest (plural trestes)

  1. trestle, support
  2. (rare) tripod

Descendants
  • Scots: trest

References

Romansch

Adjective

trest m (feminine singular tresta, masculine plural trests, feminine plural trestas)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) Alternative form of trist (“sad”)

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) allegher
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
  • (Sursilvan) leger

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English trest, from Old French trastre, from Latin trānstrum; related to English trestle.

Noun

trest (plural trests)

  1. A beam.
  2. A stool.
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