iomarbhá

Irish

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌmˠəɾˠwai/

Noun

iomarbhá f (genitive singular iomarbhá, nominative plural iomarbhánna)

1. (act of) contending, disputing; contention, contest; dispute, controversy
2. (literary) comparative adjective

Declension

Declension of iomarbhá

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative iomarbhá iomarbhánna Vocative a iomarbhá a iomarbhánna Genitive iomarbhá iomarbhánna Dative iomarbhá iomarbhánna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an iomarbhá na hiomarbhánna Genitive na hiomarbhá na n-iomarbhánna Dative leis an iomarbhá don iomarbhá leis na hiomarbhánna

Alternative forms

• iomarbhágh f
• iomarbháigh f

Derived terms

• iomarbhá reatha (“running contest”)
• iomarbhá chainte (“wordy dispute, wrangle”)
• iomarbhách (“contentious, quarrelsome”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

iomarbhá m (genitive singular iomarbháite)

1. Alternative form of iombhá (“submersion, swamping; drowning, drenching; place where there is danger of drowning”)

Declension

Declension of iomarbhá

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative iomarbhá Vocative a iomarbhá Genitive iomarbháite Dative iomarbhá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-iomarbhá Genitive an iomarbháite Dative leis an iomarbhá don iomarbhá

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iomarbhá	n-iomarbhá	hiomarbhá	t-iomarbhá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomarbhá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN