Old Irish

Noun

immáin f, m

1. verbal noun of imm·aig
2. act of driving (cattle, etc.)
3. (sports) driving a ball, hurling, ball-playing
4. wandering, roaming about
5. a drove
6. superiority, control

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: iomáin, iomáint, iománaíocht
• Manx: imman, immanaght
• Scottish Gaelic: iomain

Mutation

References

• “immáin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.