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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trech	drech	nhrech	threch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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