iomrá

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish imrád. By surface analysis, iom- +‎ rá.

Pronunciation

Noun

iomrá m (genitive singular iomrá)

  1. report, rumor
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Ní raibh fios ar bith aige cia a athair ⁊ lá amháin bhí sé gan airgiod, ⁊ chualaidh sé iomrádh ar an rígh so go robh sé maith le tabhairt uaidh airgid.
      He didn’t know at all who his father was, and one day he was without money, and he heard a report about this king, that he was good at giving away money.
  2. renown, eminence

Declension

Declension of iomrá (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative iomrá
vocative a iomrá
genitive iomrá
dative iomrá
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-iomrá
genitive an iomrá
dative leis an iomrá
don iomrá

Mutation

Mutated forms of iomrá
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iomrá n-iomrá hiomrá t-iomrá

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57

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