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Irish
Etymology
From trom (“heavy”) + luí (“lying”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tromluí m (genitive singular tromluí, nominative plural tromluithe)
- nightmare
Tháinig tromluí orm aréir.- I had a nightmare last night.
- (literally, “A nightmare came upon me last night.”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| tromluí
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thromluí
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dtromluí
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 82