immorro

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• immurgu (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Irish immurgu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmor͈ə/

Adverb

immorro (never the first word in its clause)

1. however, nevertheless
   • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 15:

     Mani·tucad immurgu ní din chéttadall ni·bered a n-aill.

     If, however, he did not take anything at (literally “from”) his first thrust, he did not bring the second.

Descendants

• Irish: iomorra

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immurgu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language