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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tromán tromáin
Vocative a thromáin a thromána
Genitive tromáin tromán
Dative tromán tromáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tromán na tromáin
Genitive an tromáin na dtromán
Dative leis an tromán

don tromán

 leis na tromáin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tromán thromán dtromán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de 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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