immurgu

Middle Irish

Adverb

immurgu

1. Archaic form of immorro.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• immargu, imurgu
• im̅, im̅r (abbreviations)

Etymology

Thurneysen suggests it may be from imm- (intensive prefix) + ro- (“very”) + gáu (“untruth”), which seems unlikely both formally and semantically.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmurɣu/

Adverb

immurgu (never the first word in its clause)

1. however, nevertheless

For quotations using this term, see Citations:immurgu.

Synonyms

• cammaiph

Derived terms

• camaiph immurgu

Descendants

• Middle Irish: immorro, immurgu
  • Irish: iomorra

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immurgu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language