iomarca

Irish

Alternative forms

  • iomarcadh, iomarcaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish immarca (excess).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

iomarca f (genitive singular iomarca)

  1. excess, superfluity; too many, too much (preceded by the definite article, followed by the genitive)
    D'ól mé an iomarca beorach.
    I drank too much beer.
    Tá sé ag ithe na hiomarca bia.
    He's eating too much food.
  2. advantage, superiority
  3. arrogance, presumption; oppression, injustice

Declension

Declension of iomarca (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative iomarca
vocative a iomarca
genitive iomarca
dative iomarca
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an iomarca
genitive na hiomarca
dative leis an iomarca
don iomarca

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of iomarca
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iomarca n-iomarca hiomarca 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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “iomarca”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 603; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomarca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN