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