imreas

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish imres (“dispute, contention”).

Noun

imreas m (genitive singular imris)

  1. strife, dispute, discord, quarrel, wrangling
    Proverb: Is fearr foighne ná imreas. ― it is better to be patient than to quarrel.
  2. heat (in sheep, goat)
Declension
Declension of imreas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative imreas
vocative a imris
genitive imris
dative imreas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-imreas
genitive an imris
dative leis an imreas
don imreas
Alternative forms
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

Noun

imreas m (genitive singular imris)

  1. Alternative form of imeartas (“play, playfulness; machination, trickery”)
Declension
Declension of imreas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative imreas
vocative a imris
genitive imris
dative imreas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-imreas
genitive an imris
dative leis an imreas
don imreas

Etymology 3

Noun

imreas m (genitive singular imris, nominative plural imris)

  1. Alternative form of imreasc (“iris”)
Declension
Declension of imreas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative imreas imris
vocative a imris a imreasa
genitive imris imreas
dative imreas imris
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-imreas na himris
genitive an imris na n-imreas
dative leis an imreas
don imreas 		leis na himris

Mutation

Mutated forms of imreas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imreas n-imreas himreas not applicable

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

References

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