iomaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• iomdha (superseded)
• mó (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish imdae.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠoː/, /mˠuː/; (literary) /ʊˈmˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊmˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌmˠi/

Adjective

iomaí (comparative lia)

1. many
2. numerous, abundant

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 imdae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iomḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 404
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47