iomad
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish imbed, imbad (“a large quantity, a large number, abundance, excess”).
Noun
iomad f (genitive singular iomad)
- great number or quantity
- abundance
Derived terms
- ainiomad m (“too much; too many”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| iomad | n-iomad | hiomad | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imbed, imbad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Determiner
iomad
- Alternative form of iomadh