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 case singular plural nominative tromluí tromluithe vocative a tromluí a tromluithe genitive tromluí tromluithe dative tromluí tromluithe forms with the definite article case 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tromluí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tromluí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tromluí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 82