imirce

Irish

Alternative forms

• imeirce, imirche, imirí, imirighe, imirghe

Etymology

From Middle Irish immirge, from Old Irish imm- + éirge.

Pronunciation

• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈimʲiɾʲcə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨmʲiɾʲcə/

Noun

imirce f (genitive singular imirce, nominative plural imircí)

1. (the act of) removing, shifting (position)
2. migration, emigration

   déan imirce ― to (e)migrate

3. trek
4. (literary) band of emigrants

Declension

Declension of imirce (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative imirce imircí vocative a imirce a imircí genitive imirce imircí dative imirce imircí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-imirce na himircí genitive an imirce na n-imircí dative leis an imirce don imirce leis na himircí

Derived terms

• anamimirce (“transmigration of souls”)
• ar imirce (“(e)migrating”)
• éan imirce (“migratory bird”)
• lucht imirce (“(e)migrants”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of imirce

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imirce	n-imirce	himirce	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “imirce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 395
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imirce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN