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imir
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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish imrid (“carry around”), from Old Irish imm·beir.
Pronunciation
Verb
imir (present analytic imríonn, future analytic imreoidh, verbal noun imirt, past participle imeartha)
- to play
- to cheat (at games) [with ar ‘at’]
- to inflict
- imir díoltas ar ― to take vengeance on, avenge oneself on
Conjugation
conjugation of imir (second conjugation)
In the older literary language, the future and conditional were built on the stem imeor-, for example:
- future analytic: imeoraidh
- 1st person future: imeorad
- conditional analytic: d’imeoradh
- 1st person conditional: d’imeorainn
Synonyms
- (cheat): déan séitéireacht (ar)
Derived terms
- imreoir (“player”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern 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), “imm·beir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “imrim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 396
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “imir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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