iompair

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish imm·cuirethar,[2] from imm- (around) + ·cuirethar (to place), prototonic form of fo·ceird; but synchronically no longer recognizable as im- +‎ cuir.

Verb

iompair (present analytic iompraíonn, future analytic iompróidh, verbal noun iompar, past participle iompartha)

  1. to carry, convey, transport
  2. to sustain, bear
  3. (reflexive) to behave
Conjugation

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

iompair m sg

  1. genitive/vocative singular of iompar

Mutation

Mutated forms of iompair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iompair n-iompair hiompair 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

  1. ^ iompair”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imm·cuirethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language