trn

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See also: trň and tŕň

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech trn, from Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tirnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós. Compare Slovak tŕň, Slovene tŕn (tonal orthography), Serbo-Croatian tȓn, Russian тёрн (tjorn), German Dorn, English thorn.

Pronunciation

Noun

trn m inan

  1. thorn (protective spine of a plant)
  2. (engineering) center, spike, pin (a pointy part used e.g. to hold another object in a machining tool)

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Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tirnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós.

Pronunciation

Noun

tȓn m (Cyrillic spelling тр̑н)

  1. thorn (protective spine of a plant)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • trn”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024