trest

See also: tresť

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛst]

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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

Related terms

• trestanec
• trestat
• trestní
• trestný
• trestuhodný

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), 2008–2025

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trete, trist

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

Related terms

• trestel

Descendants

• Scots: trest

References

• “trest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trъstь.

Pronunciation

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

• trstina

Descendants

• Czech: tresť

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “trest”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Romansch

Adjective

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

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

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) truli

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.