tromluí
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From trom (“heavy”) + luí (“lying”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tromluí m (genitive singular tromluí, nominative plural tromluithe)
- nightmare
- Tháinig tromluí orm aréir.
- I had a nightmare last night.
- (literally, “A nightmare came upon me last night.”)
Declension edit
Declension of tromluí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tromluí | thromluí | dtromluí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tromluí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tromluí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tromluí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 82