FromOld Norse tré ( “ tree ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *trewą ( “ tree ” ) , from pre-Germanic*dréwom Proto-Indo-European *dóru ( “ tree ” ) .
trai
tree timber wood FromVulgar Latin *tragere Latin trahere
trai (past participle trat
( transitive ) throw ; todash ( transitive , intransitive ) shoot , tofire trai
( dated ) contraction oftra i trai
inflection oftrarre second-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative
Hyphenation:trai Rhymes:-aj trai
inflection oftrair third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Back-formation fromtrăi
trai n uncountable
living cardinal numbers Previous: wi Next: śtwer
FromProto-Tocharian *treyä Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Tocharian A tre
trai
three Adams, Douglas Q. (2013 ), “trai”, inA Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European;10 ), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi,→ISBN pages339-340 Inherited fromProto-Vietic *p-laːl ( “ man, male ” ) .
( inland Northern Vietnam, colloquial ) giai ( coastal Northern Vietnam, likely obsolete ) lai ( nonstandard orthography based on Northern dialects, texting ) zai trai • (𤳆 ,𪩭 ,𤳇
( collective ) boys andmen con trai ―boys ( collective , informal , colloquial ) gigolos ;male prostitutes làmtrai ―to be a gigolo trai
( 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 Unlike other kinship terms,bác trai orgái (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
(classifier con trai • (𧕚 ,𧍍
mussel FromMiddle Welsh trei Proto-Celtic *trāgi ( “ low tide, beach ” ) . Cognate withOld Irish tráig ( “ shore, strand; ebb tide ” ) .
trai m
ebb tide Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke,et al. , editors (1950–present), “trai ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies 
