troed

See also: tröð

Welsh

FWOTD – 7 January 2017

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /troːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /trɔi̯d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /troːd/

• Audio:

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• 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 (“toe”)
• clustlys troed aderyn (“ bird's-foot earwort”)
• deudroed (now only used in ar ddeudroed (“on foot”))
• deudroediog (“bipedal”)
• gosod ar droed (“to set afoot”)
• llun troed (“footprint”)
• llydandroed (“phalarope”)
• llyfu traed (“to lick boots, to suck up to (someone)”)
• melin traed (“treadmill”)
• ôl troed (“footprint”)
• pedwartroed (“quadrupedal”)
• pêl-droed (“football”)
• tindroed (“grebe”)
• traed brain (“messy handwriting”, literally “crows' feet”)
• troed y barcud (“meadowrue”)
• troed y blaidd (“stag's-horn clubmoss”)
• troed y cyw (“hedge parsley”)
• troed y frân (“buttercup crowfoot”)
• troed yr arth (“bear's breech”)
• troed yr ŵydd (“goosefoot”)
• troedfedd (“foot (unit of measurement)”)
• troedio (“to tread”)
• troedlath (“treadle”)
• troednoeth (“barefoot”)
• troedwas, gwas traed (“footman”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /troːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /trɔi̯d/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d
• Homophone: troid (South Wales)

Verb

troed

1. preterite impersonal of troi

Mutation

Mutated forms of troed

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
troed	droed	nhroed	throed

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “troed”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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