noun
tryzub
Tryzub (noun) means a three-pronged symbol that represents Ukraine.
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A three-pronged symbol that represents Ukraine.
"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."
— Catherine Wanner, Nationalism on Stage: Music and Change in Soviet Ukraine (1996)
"She got up to look at all the different Ukrainian items. There were gold and silver Tryzubs, Ukrainian Lacquere wooden beads, Ukrainian gold chains called rose gold."
— Erin J. Sankey, Fun (2013)
"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."
— Isidore Nahayewsky, The Kingdom of Halich-Volynia (1962)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian тризу́б (tryzúb, "trident"), made up of три (try, "three"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes ("three"), and зуб (zub, "tooth"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos ("tooth; row of teeth; peg"). See three, comb.
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What is the meaning of tryzub?
"tryzub" (noun) means a three-pronged symbol that represents Ukraine.
