immorro
Middle Irish
Alternative forms
- immurgu (archaic)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈmor͈ə/
Adverb
immorro (never the first word in its clause)
- however, nevertheless
- c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 15:
- Mani·tucad immurgu ní din chéttadall ni·bered a n-aill.
- If, however, he did not take anything at (literally “from”) his first thrust, he did not bring the second.
Descendants
- Irish: iomorra
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immurgu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language