imreas

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish imres (“dispute, contention”).

Noun

imreas m (genitive singular imris)

1. strife, dispute, discord, quarrel, wrangling

   Proverb: Is fearr foighne ná imreas. ― it is better to be patient than to quarrel.

2. heat (in sheep, goat)

Declension

Declension of imreas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative imreas vocative a imris genitive imris dative imreas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-imreas genitive an imris dative leis an imreas don imreas

Alternative forms

• imreasc

Synonyms

• (wrangling): achrann
• (heat): reith, reitheadh, reithíocht

Derived terms

• lucht imris (“trouble-makers”)
• imreas fianaise (“contending evidence”)

Etymology 2

Noun

imreas m (genitive singular imris)

1. Alternative form of imeartas (“play, playfulness; machination, trickery”)

Declension

Declension of imreas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative imreas vocative a imris genitive imris dative imreas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-imreas genitive an imris dative leis an imreas don imreas

Etymology 3

Noun

imreas m (genitive singular imris, nominative plural imris)

1. Alternative form of imreasc (“iris”)

Declension

Declension of imreas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative imreas imris vocative a imris a imreasa genitive imris imreas dative imreas imris forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-imreas na himris genitive an imris na n-imreas dative leis an imreas don imreas leis na himris

Mutation

Mutated forms of imreas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imreas	n-imreas	himreas	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imreas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imres”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language