iomrá

Irish

Alternative forms

• iomrádh (superseded)
• iomrádhadh

Etymology

From Old Irish imrád. By surface analysis, iom- +‎ rá.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʊmˈɾˠɑː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊmɾˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌmˠɾˠa/
• (Ulster, genitive) IPA^(key): /ˈʌmˠɾˠaj/ (corresponding to the form iomráidh)

Noun

iomrá m (genitive singular iomrá)

1. report, rumor
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Ní raibh fios ar bith aige cia a athair ⁊ lá amháin bhí sé gan airgiod, ⁊ chualaidh sé iomrádh ar an rígh so go robh sé maith le tabhairt uaidh airgid.

     He didn’t know at all who his father was, and one day he was without money, and he heard a report about this king, that he was good at giving away money.

2. renown, eminence

Declension

Declension of iomrá (fourth declension, no plural)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of iomrá

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iomrá	n-iomrá	hiomrá	t-iomrá

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

Further reading

• “iomrá”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imrád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iomráḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 405
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN