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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish impide (“entreaty”).
Pronunciation
Noun
impí f (genitive singular impí, nominative plural impíocha)
- verbal noun of impigh
- entreaty
- Synonym: achainí
- rinne sé impí orm ― he implored me
- prayer, supplication
- Synonyms: paidir, urnaí, guí
- intercession
- Synonym: idirghuí
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| impí
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n-impí
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himpí
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not applicable
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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
- “impí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “impide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “impiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 396
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “impí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40