trai

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Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragere, from Latin trahere, present active infinitive of trahō.

Verb

trai (past participle trat)

  1. (transitive) to throw; to dash
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to fire

Italian

Pronunciation

Contraction

trai

  1. (dated) Contraction of tra i.

Verb

trai

  1. inflection of trarre:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: trai
  • Rhymes: -aj

Verb

trai

  1. inflection of trair:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Back-formation from trăi.

Pronunciation

Noun

trai n (uncountable)

  1. living

Declension

declension of trai (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) trai traiul
genitive/dative (unui) trai traiului
vocative traiule

Descendants

  • → Romani: tràjo (“life”)

Tocharian B

cardinal numbers
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *treyä, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian A tre.

Numeral

trai

  1. three

References

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “trai”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 339-340

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-laːl (“man, male”).

Alternative forms

  • (originally inland Northern Vietnam) giai
  • (coastal Northern Vietnam, likely obsolete) lai

Noun

trai • (𤳆, 𪩭, 𤳇)

  1. (collective) boys and men
    con trai ― boys
  2. (collective, informal, colloquial) gigolos; male prostitutes
    làm trai ― to be a gigolo
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Derived terms

Adjective

trai

  1. (only in fixed expressions, of people) male
    Synonym: nam
    anh trai ― an older brother
    em trai ― a younger brother
    con trai ― a son / boys
    cháu trai ― a grandson / a nephew
    bác trai ― a man who's presumably slightly older than one's parent
    bạn trai ― a young male friend / a young boy or man / a boyfriend

Usage notes

  • Unlike other kinship terms, bác is gender-neutral when used to address a senior stranger, therefore it could be accompanied by trai or gái for clarification.

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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier con) trai • (𧕚, 𧍍)

  1. a mussel
Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh trei, from Proto-Celtic *trāgi (“low tide, beach”). Cognate with Old Irish tráig (“shore, strand; ebb tide”).

Noun

trai m

  1. ebb tide

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trai drai nhrai thrai
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), “trai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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