tromán

Irish

Etymology

From trom (“elder tree”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠəˈmˠɑːn̪ˠ/[1]
  • (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
singular plural
nominative tromán tromáin
vocative a thromáin a thromána
genitive tromáin tromán
dative tromán tromáin
forms with the definite article
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.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

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
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