iomarbhá
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]iomarbhá f (genitive singular iomarbhá, nominative plural iomarbhánna)
- (act of) contending, disputing; contention, contest; dispute, controversy
- (literary) comparative adjective
Declension
[edit]Declension of iomarbhá
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- iomarbhá reatha (“running contest”)
- iomarbhá chainte (“wordy dispute, wrangle”)
- iomarbhách (“contentious, quarrelsome”, adjective)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]iomarbhá m (genitive singular iomarbháite)
- Alternative form of iombhá (“submersion, swamping; drowning, drenching; place where there is danger of drowning”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of iomarbhá
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomarbhá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 25