troed

See also: tröð

Welsh

FWOTD – 7 January 2017

Etymology 1

troed

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:

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• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d
• Homophone: troid (South Wales)

Noun

troed m or f (plural traed)

1. 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 m (“toe”)
• deudroed m du (now only used in ar ddeudroed (“on foot”))
• llun troed (“footprint”)
• llyfu traed (“to lick boots, to suck up to (someone)”)
• ôl troed (“footprint”)
• pêl-droed (“football”)
• troed y blaidd (“stag's-horn clubmoss”)
• troed yr arth m (“bear's breech”)
• troed-yr-ŵydd m (“goosefoot”)
• troedfedd (“foot (unit of measure)”)
• troedio
• troednoeth (“barefoot”, adjective)

 

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

1. preterite impersonal of troi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
troed	droed	nhroed	throed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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