tromas
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tromas m (genitive singular tromais)
- oppression, distress
- heaviness, bulkiness
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Bliadhain ’na dhiaidh sin, thug an rí fá deara an tromas a bhí ag éirghe innti, acht leig sise uirri gur bh’é an biadh maith a bhí sí ag fagháil a bhí ag cur an bhisigh sin uirri.
- A year after that, the king noticed how bulky she was growing, but she pretended that it was the good treatment she was getting that was putting that improvement on her.
Declension[edit]
Declension of tromas
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tromas | thromas | dtromas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tromas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN