trn

See also: trň, and tŕň

Czech

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtr̩n]

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of trn (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	trn	trny
genitive	trnu	trnů
dative	trnu	trnům
accusative	trn	trny
vocative	trne	trny
locative	trně, trnu	trnech
instrumental	trnem	trny

Derived terms

• trnitý
• trní
• trnovník
• trnový

 

Further reading

• “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)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Cognates

Cognate with Bulgarian трън (trǎn),Czech trn, Slovak tŕň, Slovene tŕn (tonal orthography), Russian тёрн (tjorn) and терние (ternije). Non-Slavic cognates include English thorn, Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa, “grass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr̂ːn/

Noun

tȓn m (Cyrillic spelling тр̑н)

1. thorn (protective spine of a plant)

Declension

Declension of trn

	singular	plural
nominative	tȓn	tȑnovi
genitive	trna	trnova
dative	trnu	trnovima
accusative	trn	trnove
vocative	trne	trnovi
locative	trnu	trnovima
instrumental	trnom	trnovima

Derived terms

• tȓnje

Further reading

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