impíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• impidheach (superseded)
• impigheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish impidech (“intercessor”). By surface analysis, impí +‎ -ach

Noun

impíoch m (genitive singular impígh, nominative plural impígh)

1. intercessor
2. supplicant, petitioner

Declension

Declension of impíoch (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative impíoch impígh vocative a impígh a impíocha genitive impígh impíoch dative impíoch impígh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-impíoch na himpígh genitive an impígh na n-impíoch dative leis an impíoch don impíoch leis na himpígh

Adjective

impíoch (genitive singular feminine impíche, plural impíocha, not comparable)

1. intercessory
2. imploring, entreating, appealing (making an appeal), beseeching, pleading
3. suppliant

Declension

Declension of impíoch

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	impíoch	impíoch	impíocha
vocative	impíoch		impíocha
genitive		impíche	impíocha	impíoch
dative	impíoch	impíoch	impíocha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of impíoch

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
impíoch	n-impíoch	himpíoch	t-impíoch

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “impíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN