tromán

Irish

Etymology

From trom (“elder tree”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠəˈmˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʊmˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʊmˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʌmˠanˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʌmˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

tromán m (genitive singular tromáin, nominative plural tromáin)

1. dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)

Declension

Declension of tromán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tromán tromáin vocative a thromáin a thromána genitive tromáin tromán dative tromán tromáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tromán na tromáin genitive an tromáin na dtromán dative leis an tromán don tromán leis na tromáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of tromán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tromán	thromán	dtromán

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

Further reading

• “tromán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tromán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 758
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tromán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN