imir

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish imrid (carry around), from Old Irish imm·beir.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

imir (present analytic imríonn, future analytic imreoidh, verbal noun imirt, past participle imeartha)

  1. to play
  2. to cheat (at games) [+ ar (object) = at]
  3. to inflict
    imir díoltas arto take vengeance on, avenge oneself on

Conjugation[edit]

In the older literary language, the future and conditional were built on the stem imeor-, for example:

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Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

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