Scots
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edittree (plural trees)
- A lairge plant, nae exactly defined, but teepically ower fower meters in hicht, wi a single trunk which growes in girst with age and brainches (that an aa grow in circumference wi age).
Verb
edittae Wt/sco/tree (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past -, past participle -)
- Tae support wi timmer or props.
Inglis
editEtymology
editFrae Middle Inglis tree, tre, treo, treou, trew, trow, frae Old English trēo, trēow (“tree, wid, timmer, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood”), frae Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wid”), frae pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative o Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).
Cognates
Frae the same Proto-Indo-European: Scots tree (“wid, rod, stick”), North Frisian tre, trä (“tree”), Middle Dutch tree > Dutch teer (“tree”), Dens træ (“tree”), Swadish trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”), Norse tre (“tree”), Icelandic tré (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “tree, wid, piece o wid”), Albanie dru (“tree, wood”), Welsh dâr (“oaks”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “wood, spear”), Russian де́рево (dérevo) or дре́во (drévo), Tocharian A or. Relatit tae tar, true. |
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /tɹiː/, [tɹiː], [t͡ʃɹiː]
- (US) IPA(key): /tɹi/, [tɹi], [t͡ʃɹi]
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Noon
edittree (plural Wt/sco/trees or (obsolete) treen)
Hypernyms
editHyponyms
edit- oak, fir, pine
- see an aa: Wikisaurus:tree
Synonyms
editSee an aa
editVerb
edittree (third-person singular semple praisent Wt/sco/trees, praisent pairteeciple Wt/sco/treeing, simple past and past participle Wt/sco/treed)
- (transitive) Tae chase (an ainimal or person) up a tree.
Stateestics
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editNoun
edittree m (plural treeën or Wt/sco/trees, diminutive treetje n)
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editNorth Frisian
editEtymology
editFrae Old Frisian thrē.
Numeral
edittree