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imir

imir

Irish

Verb

imir (present analytic imríonn, future analytic imreoidh, verbal noun imirt, past participle imeartha)

  1. play
  2. (with ar) cheat (at games)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imir n-imir himir t-imir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • imm·beir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “imrim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "imir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.