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Impire
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impire
impire
English
Noun
impire (plural impires)
- Obsolete form of umpire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
Irish
Alternative forms
- impireoir
Etymology
From Old Irish impere, impire, from Latin imperium.
Noun
impire m (genitive singular impire, nominative plural impirí)
Declension
Declension of impire
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- banimpire m (“empress”)
- impireacht f (“empire”)
- impiriúil (“imperial”, adjective)
Related terms
- impiriúlachas m (“imperialism”)
- impiriúlaí m (“imperialist”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| impire | n-impire | himpire | t-impire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "impire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “impere, impire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.