iomaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish immaire (“ridge, furrow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

iomaire m or f (genitive singular iomaire, nominative plural iomairí or iomaireacha)

  1. (geography, agriculture, etc.) ridge, furrow
  2. (archaeology) cultivation ridge
  3. (agriculture) lazy-bed

Declension

Declension of iomaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative iomaire iomairí
vocative a iomaire a iomairí
genitive iomaire iomairí
dative iomaire iomairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-iomaire na hiomairí
genitive an iomaire na n-iomairí
dative leis an iomaire
don iomaire 		leis na hiomairí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ag treabhadh an iomaire fhada (“dying”, literally “ploughing the long ridge”)
  • iomaire ardbhrú (“ridge, wedge, of high pressure”)
  • iomaire bán (“untilled strip, balk”)
  • iomaire cinn (“headland strip”)
  • iomaire críche (“boundary strip”)
  • iomaire treafa (“ridge in ploughing”)
  • iomaireach (“ridged; ribbed, waved, corrugated”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iomaire
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iomaire n-iomaire hiomaire t-iomaire

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 10, page 17
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 271, page 53
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 206

Further reading

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