imirt

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imbert.[1] By surface analysis, imir +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

imirt f (genitive singular imeartha)

  1. verbal noun of imir
  2. play, playing

Declension

Declension of imirt (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative imirt
vocative a imirt
genitive imeartha
dative imirt
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an imirt
genitive na himeartha
dative leis an imirt
don imirt

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of imirt
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imirt n-imirt himirt not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imbert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46

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