imram

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Old Irish

Etymology

From imm- +‎ *rám.

Noun

imram m (genitive imrama)

  1. verbal noun of imm·rá: rowing
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 126a5
      ...airis trummu foraib-som imram isind féith quam techt la r(e)ithchoir gaithe.
      ...for rowing in a calm is heavier upon them than going with an unfavorable wind.
  2. sea voyage
    Immram Brain
    The Voyage of Bran

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative imram imramL imramae
Vocative imram imramL imramu
Accusative imramN imramL imramu
Genitive imramoH, imramaH imramo, imrama imramaeN
Dative imramL imramaib imramaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: imrum

Mutation

Mutation of imram
radical lenition nasalization
imram
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-imram

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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