iomramh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imram, from noun prefix imb- (“around”) (from Proto-Celtic *ambi- from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi, cf. Latin ambi-, Ancient Greek ἀμφι- (amphi-)) + Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”) (cf. Irish rámh).[1] By surface analysis, iomair +‎ -amh.

Noun

iomramh m (genitive singular as substantive iomraimh, genitive as verbal noun iomartha)

  1. verbal noun of iomair
  2. rowing
  3. (literary) (rowing) voyage; voyage tale
  4. (literary) riding, coursing, journeying

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of iomramh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative iomramh
Vocative a iomramh
Genitive iomartha
Dative iomramh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-iomramh
Genitive an iomartha
Dative leis an iomramh

don iomramh

(as substantive):

Declension of iomramh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iomramh iomraimh
Vocative a iomraimh a iomramha
Genitive iomraimh iomramh
Dative iomramh iomraimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-iomramh na hiomraimh
Genitive an iomraimh na n-iomramh
Dative leis an iomramh

don iomramh

 leis na hiomraimh

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iomramh n-iomramh hiomramh t-iomramh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “erǝ-1, rē-, er(e)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 338

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