imdae

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.ðe/

Etymology 1

imbed (“a large quantity”) +‎ -de.

Adjective

imdae (comparative imdu)

1. many, numerous
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9^a12

     cit imdi far forcitlidi

     although your teachers are many

Inflection

io/iā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	imdae	imdae	imdae
vocative	imdai
accusative	imdae	imdai
genitive	imdai	imdae	imdai
dative	imdu	imdai	imdu
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	imdai	imdai
vocative	imdai imdu*
accusative	imdai imdu*
genitive	imdae
dative	imdaib

* when substantivized

Alternative forms

• imda, imde

Descendants

• Irish: iomaí
• Manx: shimmey
• Scottish Gaelic: iomadh

Etymology 2

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Noun

imdae f (genitive imdae or imdad)

1. bed
2. couch
3. cubicle
4. shoulder
5. sleeping compartment

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	imdaeL	imdaiL	imdai
vocative	imdaeL	imdaiL	imdai
accusative	imdaiN	imdaiL	imdai
genitive	imdae	imdaeL	imdaeN
dative	imdaiL	imdaib	imdaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Feminine t-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	imdae	imdaidL, imdae	imdaid
vocative	imdae	imdaidL, imdae	imdada
accusative	imdaidN	imdaidL, imdae	imdada
genitive	imdad	imdad	imdadN
dative	imdaidL	imdadaib	imdadaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• dérgud
• lepaid
• lige
• sceng

Mutation

Mutation of imdae

radical	lenition	nasalization
imdae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	imdae	n-imdae

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 imdae ‘many’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 imdae ‘compartment’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language