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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish ímáig (compare Scottish Gaelic ìomhaigh), from Latin imāgō.
Noun
íomhá f or m (genitive singular íomhá, nominative plural íomhánna)
- image, statue
- Synonyms: dealbh, fíor, samhail
- likeness, representation, reflection
- Synonyms: cosúlacht, dealramh, samhail
- puny, insignificant, creature; mere semblance
Declension
- Alternative declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| íomhá
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n-íomhá
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híomhá
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t-íomhá
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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) “íomhá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ímáig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language