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trom

See also: trộm

Danish edit

Verb edit

trom

  1. imperative of tromme

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

trom f or m (plural trommen, diminutive trommetje n)

  1. drum

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: trom

Anagrams edit

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

trom f (genitive singular tramar, plural tremur)

  1. edge (of a board)
  2. edge (of a cliff)
  3. margin (of a lake)
  4. rim (of spectacles)

Inflection edit

Declension of trom
f9 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trom tromin tremur tremurnar
accusative trom tromina tremur tremurnar
dative trom tromini tromum tromunum
genitive tramar tramarinnar trama tramanna

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish trom (“heavy”), from Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).

Adjective edit

trom (genitive singular masculine trom, genitive singular feminine troime, plural troma, comparative troime)

  1. heavy
  2. sad, oppressive
  3. severe, grave, serious
  4. sultry (of weather)
Declension edit
Declension of trom
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative trom throm troma;
throma²
Vocative throm troma
Genitive troime troma trom
Dative trom;
throm¹ 		throm troma;
throma²
Comparative níos troime
Superlative is troime

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

trom m (genitive singular trom, nominative plural troma)

  1. weight
    1. a weight; burden, oppression
    2. (abstract) weight
  2. bulk, preponderance
  3. importance
  4. blame, censure
Declension edit
Declension of trom

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trom troma
Vocative a throm a throma
Genitive trom troma
Dative trom troma

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an trom na troma
Genitive an trom na dtroma
Dative leis an trom

don trom

leis na troma

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish trom (“elder-tree”).

Noun edit

trom m (genitive singular troim, nominative plural troim)

  1. elder (tree, bush)
Declension edit
Declension of trom

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trom troim
Vocative a throim a throma
Genitive troim trom
Dative trom troim

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an trom na troim
Genitive an troim na dtrom
Dative leis an trom

don trom

leis na troim

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
trom throm dtrom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Noun edit

trom

  1. Alternative form of trome

Old Irish edit

FWOTD – 21 June 2023

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

trom

  1. heavy (weight)
  2. heavy, severe, grievous, difficult
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d17
      coní árim-se peccad libsi uili, ꝉ ara·tart-sa fortacht dúibsi, arnap trom fuirib for n‑oínur
      so that I may not count sin with you all, or so that I may give aid to you lest it be heavy on you by yourselves
  3. (by extension) sad, sorrowful
  4. great, vast, powerful, mighty

Inflection edit

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative trom trom trom
Vocative truim*
trom**
Accusative trom truim
Genitive truim truime truim
Dative trom truim trom
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative truim troma
Vocative tromu
troma†
Accusative tromu
troma†
Genitive trom
Dative tromaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Noun edit

trom n

  1. weight, heaviness, burden
  2. greater part, bulk
  3. severity, distress, difficulty, sorrow
  4. blame, censure

Inflection edit

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tromN tromN tromL, troma
Vocative tromN tromN tromL, troma
Accusative tromN tromN tromL, troma
Genitive truimL trom tromN
Dative tromL tromaib tromaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
trom throm trom
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese trõo, from trõar, or alternatively from Latin tonus (“thunderclap; sound, tone”), probably through a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin form *tronus, influenced by *tronitus < tonitrus. Compare Galician trono, Spanish trueno, Catalan tro, Occitan tron. See also tom, a possible doublet.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

trom m (plural trons)

  1. boom (loud, resonant sound)
    Synonym: ribombo

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish trom, from Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

trom (comparative truime)

  1. heavy
  2. hard, difficult
  3. weighty, serious
  4. depressed, melancholy
  5. addicted
    Tha e trom air òl. / Tha e trom air an deoch. ― He's a heavy drinker.
    Tha mi trom air an tombaca. ― I'm a heavy smoker.
  6. (typography) bold
    clò trom ― bold type
  7. pregnant (with child)

Usage notes edit

  • In connection with "love" can precede (and lenite) the noun:
    Ghabh e trom ghaol oirre. ― He fell madly in love with her.

Synonyms edit

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

trȍm (definite trȍmī, comparative tromiji, Cyrillic spelling тро̏м)

  1. sluggish, slow

Declension edit

positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative trom troma tromo
genitive troma trome troma
dative tromu tromoj tromu
accusative inanimate
animate 		trom
troma 		tromu tromo
vocative trom troma tromo
locative tromu tromoj tromu
instrumental tromim tromom tromim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromi trome troma
genitive tromih tromih tromih
dative tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
accusative trome trome troma
vocative tromi trome troma
locative tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
instrumental tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromi troma tromo
genitive tromog(a) trome tromog(a)
dative tromom(u/e) tromoj tromom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		tromi
tromog(a) 		tromu tromo
vocative tromi troma tromo
locative tromom(e/u) tromoj tromom(e/u)
instrumental tromim tromom tromim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromi trome troma
genitive tromih tromih tromih
dative tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
accusative trome trome troma
vocative tromi trome troma
locative tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
instrumental tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromiji tromija tromije
genitive tromijeg(a) tromije tromijeg(a)
dative tromijem(u) tromijoj tromijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		tromiji
tromijeg(a) 		tromiju tromije
vocative tromiji tromija tromije
locative tromijem(u) tromijoj tromijem(u)
instrumental tromijim tromijom tromijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromiji tromije tromija
genitive tromijih tromijih tromijih
dative tromijim(a) tromijim(a) tromijim(a)
accusative tromije tromije tromija
vocative tromiji tromije tromija
locative tromijim(a) tromijim(a) tromijim(a)
instrumental tromijim(a) tromijim(a) tromijim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najtromiji najtromija najtromije
genitive najtromijeg(a) najtromije najtromijeg(a)
dative najtromijem(u) najtromijoj najtromijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najtromiji
najtromijeg(a) 		najtromiju najtromije
vocative najtromiji najtromija najtromije
locative najtromijem(u) najtromijoj najtromijem(u)
instrumental najtromijim najtromijom najtromijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najtromiji najtromije najtromija
genitive najtromijih najtromijih najtromijih
dative najtromijim(a) najtromijim(a) najtromijim(a)
accusative najtromije najtromije najtromija
vocative najtromiji najtromije najtromija
locative najtromijim(a) najtromijim(a) najtromijim(a)
instrumental najtromijim(a) najtromijim(a) najtromijim(a)

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

trom

  1. feminine singular of trwm

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trom drom nhrom throm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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