truime

Irish

Noun

truime f (genitive singular truime)

  1. superseded spelling of troime

Adjective

truime

  1. superseded spelling of troime

Mutation

Mutated forms of truime
radical lenition eclipsis
truime thruime dtruime

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɯmə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish trummae, truime.

Noun

truime f

  1. heaviness, weight, weightiness
    Synonym: cudrom
  2. dullness, melancholy
  3. indulgence (excessive gratification)
Derived terms
  • truimead (“degree of heaviness”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

truime

  1. comparative degree of trom

Mutation

Mutation of truime
radical lenition
truime thruime

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “truime”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trummae, truime”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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