tromluí

Irish

Etymology

From trom (“heavy”) +‎ luí (“lying”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʌmˠlˠi/, /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʌmˠl̪ˠi/

Noun

tromluí m (genitive singular tromluí, nominative plural tromluithe)

  1. nightmare
    Tháinig tromluí orm aréir.
    I had a nightmare last night.
    (literally, “A nightmare came upon me last night.”)

Declension

Declension of tromluí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tromluí tromluithe
vocative a tromluí a tromluithe
genitive tromluí tromluithe
dative tromluí tromluithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tromluí na tromluithe
genitive an tromluí na tromluithe
dative leis an tromluí
don tromluí 		leis na tromluithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of tromluí
radical lenition eclipsis
tromluí thromluí dtromluí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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