trn

Inherited from Old Czech trn, from Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tirnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós. Compare Slovak tŕň, Slovene tŕn (tonal orthography), Serbo-Croatian tȓn, Russian тёрн (tjorn), German Dorn, English thorn.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtr̩n]

trn m inan

1. thorn (protective spine of a plant)
2. (engineering) center, spike, pin (a pointy part used e.g. to hold another object in a machining tool)

• “trn”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “trn”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “trn”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tirnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós.

• IPA^(key): /tr̂ːn/

tȓn m (Cyrillic spelling тр̑н)

1. thorn (protective spine of a plant)

• tȓnje

• “trn”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024