iomáin

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See also: iomain

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish immáin.

Noun

iomáin f (genitive singular iomána)

  1. (literary)
    1. driving
    2. (~ (liathróide)), ball-playing, hurling
    3. drove
  2. hurling (Irish game of Celtic origin)
    Synonyms: iomáint, iománaíocht

Declension

Declension of iomáin (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative iomáin
vocative a iomáin
genitive iomána
dative iomáin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an iomáin
genitive na hiomána
dative leis an iomáin
don iomáin

Derived terms

Verb

iomáin (present analytic iomáineann, future analytic iomáinfidh, verbal noun iomáint, past participle iomáinte)

  1. (intransitive) hurl, play hurling

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of iomáin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iomáin n-iomáin hiomáin not applicable

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

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