trech

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *trex (“stronger”), from Proto-Celtic *trexsos, from Proto-Indo-European *treg- (“strength”). 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.