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iomáin

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See also: iomain

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish immáin.

Noun

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iomáin f (genitive singular iomána)

  1. (literary)
    1. driving
    2. (~ (liathróide)), ball-playing, hurling
    3. drove
  2. hurling (Irish game of Celtic origin)
    Synonyms: iomáint, iománaíocht

Declension

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Declension of iomáin (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative iomáin
vocative a iomáin
genitive iomána
dative iomáin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an iomáin
genitive na hiomána
dative leis an iomáin
don iomáin

Derived terms

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Verb

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iomáin (present analytic iomáineann, future analytic iomáinfidh, verbal noun iomáint, past participle iomáinte)

  1. (intransitive) hurl, play hurling

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of iomáin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iomáin n-iomáin hiomáin 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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