imir

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪmʲəɾʲ/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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

  • future analytic: imeoraidh
  • 1st person future: imeorad
  • conditional analytic: d’imeoradh
  • 1st person conditional: d’imeorainn

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of imir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imir n-imir himir not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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