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Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish imres (“dispute, contention”).
Noun
imreas m (genitive singular imris)
- strife, dispute, discord, quarrel, wrangling
- Proverb: Is fearr foighne ná imreas. ― it is better to be patient than to quarrel.
- heat (in sheep, goat)
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Etymology 2
Noun
imreas m (genitive singular imris)
- Alternative form of imeartas (“play, playfulness; machination, trickery”)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
imreas m (genitive singular imris, nominative plural imris)
- Alternative form of imreasc (“iris”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| imreas
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n-imreas
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himreas
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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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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imreas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imres”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language