iomas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imbus, from imb- (“around”) + fius (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊmˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɤmˠəsˠ/

Noun

iomas m (genitive singular iomais)

1. intuition

Declension

Declension of iomas

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-iomas Genitive an iomais Dative leis an iomas don iomas

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 imbas, imbus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “iomas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN