trest

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See also: tresť

Czech

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

trest m inan

  1. punishment, penalty, sentence
    trest smrti ― death penalty
    uložit trest ― to penalize

Declension

Declension of trest (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative trest tresty
genitive trestu trestů
dative trestu trestům
accusative trest tresty
vocative treste tresty
locative trestu trestech
instrumental trestem tresty

Further reading

  • “trest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “trest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “trest”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French treste, variant of trestre, trastre, from Latin trānstrum; doublet of traunsom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛst(ə)/, /ˈtrɛːt(ə)/

Noun

trest (plural trestes)

  1. trestle, support
  2. (rare) tripod

Descendants

  • Scots: trest

References

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trъstь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈtrɛst/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈtrɛst/

Noun

trest f

  1. cane, reed

Declension

original
Declension of trest (i-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative trest trsti trsti
genitive trsti trsťú trstí
dative trsti trestma trstem
accusative trest trsti trsti
vocative trsti trsti trsti
locative trsti trsťú trstech
instrumental trsťú trestma trestmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
especially later
Declension of trest (i-stem irreg-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative trest třsti třsti
genitive třsti třsťú třstí
dative třsti třstma třstem
accusative trest třsti třsti
vocative třsti třsti třsti
locative třsti třsťú třstech
instrumental třsťú třstma třstmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Declension of trest (i-stem irreg-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative trest třti třti
genitive třti třťú třtí
dative třti třtma třtem
accusative trest třti třti
vocative třti třti třti
locative třti třťú třtech
instrumental třťú třtma třtmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Romansch

Adjective

trest m (feminine singular tresta, masculine plural trests, feminine plural trestas)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) Alternative form of trist (“sad”)

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) allegher
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
  • (Sursilvan) leger

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English trest, from Old French trastre, from Latin trānstrum; related to English trestle.

Noun

trest (plural trests)

  1. A beam.
  2. A stool.
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