tromán

tromán

Irish

Etymology

trom (“elder tree”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠəˈmˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʊmˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠʌmˠanˠ/

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.

Further reading

• “tromán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “tromán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 758.
• "tromán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.