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tryzub

Syllables: try·zub/tɹɪˈzuːb/US/tɹɪˈzub/

tryzub noun: a trident emblem representing Ukraine.

tryzub: a trident emblem representing Ukraine
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Noun

tryzub (plural tryzubs)

  1. A trident emblem representing Ukraine.
    • All princes of the Kievan period had a common heraldic emblem: the Trident (Tryzub), which in various forms can be traced all the way to the second century of the new era, as archeological findings show.1962, Isidore Nahayewsky, “The Kingdom of Halich-Volynia”, in History of Ukraine, Philadelphia, Pa.: “America” Publishing House of the “Providence” Association of Ukrainian Catholics in America...
    • The community jumped on the group [a band]. […] Many have been trivial criticisms: directed at their use of English lyrics; their ostensible desecration of Ukrainian music (such as the punked up versions of Ногу, Ногу and Volya, and their use of a tryzub in the Pyrih logo – a punker kozak in dark...1981 March, Sonia Maryn, “New Gig Has ’Em Gagging”, in Студент: Газета Украінського Студентства Канади [Student: Hazeta Ukrainsʹkoho Studentstva Kanady, Student: Canada’s Newspaper for Ukrainian...

Examples of tryzub in a sentence

  • The most common form of the tryzub is made of intertwined lines forming a never-ending loop.1993, Thomas E. Graves, “Keeping Ukraine Alive through Death: Ukrainian-American Gravestones as Cultural Markers”, in Richard E. Meyer...
  • From flag-toting pedestrians, to bumperstickers, to makeshift fliers, to buttons (znachki), the national symbol of Ukraine, the tryzub, and the Ukrainian blue-and-yellow flag were everywhere apparent.1996, Catherine Wanner, “Nationalism on Stage: Music and Change in Soviet Ukraine”, in Mark Slobin, editor, Returning Culture: Musical...
  • One of these traditions is the symbol of the tryzub, or trident—a three-pronged spear.2001, Patricia K. Kummer, “Reclaiming Ukraine’s Identity”, in Ukraine (Enchantment of the World; Second Series), New York, N.Y.: Children’s...
  • Here Volodymyr's tryzub with a cross was refurbished […] and was reattached to the Ukrainian Hall of SS.2009, Stephen P. Haluszczak, “Church and Community: A Connection from Ages to Ages”, in Ukrainians of Western Pennsylvania (Images of...

Forms of tryzub

pluraltryzubs

Origin of tryzub

Borrowed from Ukrainian тризу́б (tryzúb, “trident”), from три (try, “three”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + зуб (zub, “tooth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth; row of teeth; peg”)). See three, comb.

Words that rhyme with tryzub

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Questions about tryzub

What does tryzub mean?
Tryzub means a trident emblem representing Ukraine.
How do you use tryzub in a sentence?
The most common form of the tryzub is made of intertwined lines forming a never-ending loop.
What part of speech is tryzub?
Tryzub is a noun.
How do you pronounce tryzub?
Tryzub is pronounced /tɹɪˈzuːb/ (UK).
What is the plural of tryzub?
The plural of tryzub is tryzubs.

Words near tryzub in the dictionary

  1. tryte
  2. trytes
  3. trytophan
  4. trywork
  5. tryworks
  6. tryzub
  7. tryzubs
  8. Trzaskowski
  9. Trzcinski
  10. Trzcinskis
  11. Trzebiatów

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