iomad

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imbed, imbad (“a large quantity”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɯmˠəd̪ˠ/, /ˈʊmˠəd̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʊmˠəd̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌmˠəd̪ˠ/

Noun

iomad f (genitive singular iomad)

  1. great number or quantity
  2. abundance

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iomad n-iomad hiomad not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imbed, imbad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Determiner

iomad

  1. Alternative form of iomadh
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