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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Univerbation of troime (“heavier”, comparative of trom) + de (“of it”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
troimide
- all the heavier/graver (for)
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 195
Ní truimide do’n loch an lach.
Ní truimide do’n each a shraon (shrian).
Ní truimide do’n chaora a h‑olann
⁊ ni truimide do’n cholann ciall.- The lake is no heavier for the duck.
The horse is no heavier for his bridle.
The sheep is no heavier for her wool
and the body is no heavier for sensibility.