trew

See also: Trew and trews

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

trew

  1. Obsolete form of true.

Anagrams

German

Adjective

trew (strong nominative masculine singular trewer, comparative trewer, superlative am trewesten or am trewsten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of treu

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English trēo, trēow.

Noun

trew

  1. Alternative form of tre

Etymology 2

From Old English trīewe.

Adjective

trew

  1. Alternative form of trewe

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *fstrew- (sneeze), from Proto-Indo-European *pster- (sneeze). Cognate with ystrew, Irish sraoth (sneeze), Breton strevia (to sneeze); outside of Celtic, compare Latin sternuo, Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós), and Armenian փռշտալ (pʻṙštal).

Pronunciation

Noun

trew m

  1. (obsolete) sneeze, sneezing

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trew drew nhrew threw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 142-3
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