iompar

Irish

Alternative forms

• iomchar (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Irish imchor, verbal noun of Old Irish imm·cuirethar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊmˠpˠəɾˠ/

Noun

iompar m (genitive singular as substantive iompair, genitive as verbal noun iompartha)

1. verbal noun of iompair
2. carriage, conveyance, transport; mode of conveyance; amount to be carried
3. (range of) transmission
4. communication
5. carrying on person
6. carrying in womb
7. support
8. carrying capacity; toleration, endurance, restraint
9. bearing, conduct
10. (ar ~ (ag, le)) being carried (by)

Declension

Verbal noun

Declension of iompar

Irregular

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-iompar Genitive an iompartha Dative leis an iompar don iompar

Substantive

Declension of iompar

First declension

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

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

Derived terms

• aeriompar m (“air transport”)
• ag iompar clainne (“pregnant”)
• iompar poiblí (“public transport”)
• olliompar (“mass transit”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iompar	n-iompar	hiompar	t-iompar
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), “imchor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iompar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iomċar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 403