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Polish
Pronunciation
Verb
traw
- second-person singular imperative of trawić
Noun
traw f
- genitive plural of trawa
Further reading
- traw in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Stem of taro (“to strike, to hit”).
Noun
traw m (plural trawiau)
- (music, phonetics) pitch
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adverb
traw
- (literary) Alternative form of draw (“there, yonder, over”)
Usage notes
This adverb is found almost exclusively in its soft-mutated form draw today except in literary contexts where forms such as aspirate-mutated thraw may be encountered. In essence, draw has become the unmutatable, standard form of the word.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “traw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies