treg

See also: Treg

Albanian

Alternative forms

• tregë

Etymology

Possibly from a Balkan substrate and continuing with Illyrian *trag. Usually assumed to be connected with Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Lithuanian tur̃gus, Latvian tirgus, Swedish torg (“market, marketplace”). Compare Romanian târg (“market”). This group is considered to be cognate with the Italian city name of Trieste, Latin Tergeste.

Noun

treg m (plural tregje, definite tregu, definite plural tregjet)

1. market

Declension

Declension of treg

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	treg	tregu	tregje	tregjet
accusative		tregun
dative	tregu	tregut	tregjeve	tregjeve
ablative			tregjesh

Derived terms

• tregoj
• tregtar
• tregti

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• treig

Etymology

From Old Norse tregr (“unwilling, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *tregaz (“sad, unwilling”).

Adjective

treg (neuter singular tregt, definite singular and plural trege, comparative tregere, indefinite superlative tregest, definite superlative tregeste)

1. slow, sluggish

References

• “treg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• treig (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse tregr (“unwilling, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *tregaz (“sad, unwilling”). Compare Danish træg and Dutch traag.

Adjective

treg (neuter singular tregt, definite singular and plural trege, comparative tregare, indefinite superlative tregast, definite superlative tregaste)

1. slow, sluggish

Derived terms

• tregost

References

• “treg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From earlier *trīeg, *trīewg, *trīewig, diminutive (with Old English -ig) of *trīew, from Proto-West Germanic *trauwi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“a type of vessel”). Akin to Old English trog (“trough”).

Alternative forms

• trīġ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /treːj/

Noun

trēġ n

1. a wooden board with a low rim; tray

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	trēġ	trēġ
accusative	trēġ	trēġ
genitive	trēġes	trēġa
dative	trēġe	trēġum

Synonyms

• triġ
• trog

Descendants

• Middle English: trei, trey
  • English: tray
  • Scots: trey, tray

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *tregą.

Alternative forms

• terg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /treɡ/, [treɣ]

Noun

treg n

1. pain, grief, hurt

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	treg	tregu
accusative	treg	tregu
genitive	treges	trega
dative	trege	tregum

Derived terms

• tintreg

Related terms

• trega
• tregian