trabs

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“wooden beam”). Cognate with Lithuanian troba, Dutch dorp, German Dorf, English thorp and English troop.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /traps/

Noun

trabs f (genitive trabis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	trabs	trabēs
genitive	trabis	trabum
dative	trabī	trabibus
accusative	trabem	trabēs
ablative	trabe	trabibus
vocative	trabs	trabēs

Derived terms

Descendants

Dalmatian: trua
English: trave
French: travée
Italian: trave
Old French: trave, tref

Old Occitan: trau
Old Portuguese: trave
Portuguese: trave
Spanish: traba

References

trabs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
trabs in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
trabs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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