troed

See also: tröð

Welsh
FWOTD – 7 January 2017

Etymology 1
troed

From Middle Welsh troet, from Proto-Celtic *tregess.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /troːɨ̯d/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /trɔi̯d/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d
  • Homophone: troid (South Wales)

Noun

troed m or f (plural traed)

  1. foot (part of body)
    • 1620, William Morgan, Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, Salm 91:12:
      Ar eu dwylo, y’th ddygant rhag taro dy droed wrth garreg.
      They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Derived terms
  • bys troed m (“toe”)
  • deudroed m du (now only used in ar ddeudroed (“on foot”))
  • llyfu traed (“to lick boots, to suck up to (someone)”)
  • pêl-droed (“football”)
  • troed yr arth m (“bear's breech”)
  • troed-yr-ŵydd m (“goosefoot”)
  • troedfedd (“foot (unit of measure)”)
  • troedio
  • troednoeth (“barefoot”, adjective)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

troed

  1. preterite impersonal of troi

Mutation

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Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “troed”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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