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imir

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish imrid (carry around), from Old Irish imm·beir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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imir (present analytic imríonn, future analytic imreoidh, verbal noun imirt, past participle imeartha)

  1. to play
  2. to cheat (at games) [with ar ‘at’]
  3. to inflict
    imir díoltas arto take vengeance on, avenge oneself on

Conjugation

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In the older literary language, the future and conditional were built on the stem imeor-, for example:

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of imir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imir n-imir himir not applicable

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

Further reading

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