Lemizh / English dictionary

tràd.

to twist something-dat into some shape-acc; to break something-dat into something-acc [e.g. into parts, in two] by torsion;
dat: to twist; to break into something-acc by torsion

Usage notes

The ‘deforming’ and ‘destroying’ meanings are distinguished by the acc object or – often simpler – by instead using a nominal verb expressing a shape, versus nominal verbs such as skràp. ‘split, turn into parts’, dwà. ‘turn into two [parts]’, etc.

Etymology

gender change of
< NLem, LMLem, MLem tar‑a
< OLem tarh‑ ‘drill, rub’
< PLem *tarh‑, root present of
< PIE *terh₁‑

doublet of tràw.

Cognates

Lat terō ‘rub’, possibly Eng throw