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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish imbed, imbad (“a large quantity”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
iomad f (genitive singular iomad)
- great number or quantity
- abundance
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| iomad
|
n-iomad
|
hiomad
|
not applicable
|
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imbed, imbad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 167, page 85
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Determiner
iomad
- Alternative form of iomadh