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imreas
imreas
Irish
Noun
imreas m (genitive singular imris)
- strife, dispute, discord, quarrel, wrangling
- Proverb: Is fearr foighne ná imreas. ― it is better to be patient than to quarrel.
- heat (in sheep, goat)
Declension
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Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (wrangling): achrann
- (heat): reith, reitheadh, reithíocht
Derived terms
- lucht imris (“trouble-makers”)
- imreas fianaise (“contending evidence”)
Etymology 2
Noun
imreas m (genitive singular imris)
- Alternative form of imeartas (“play, playfulness; machination, trickery”)
Declension
Declension of imreas
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Etymology 3
Noun
imreas m (genitive singular imris, nominative plural imris)
- Alternative form of imreasc (“iris”)
Declension
Declension of imreas
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| imreas | n-imreas | himreas | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "imreas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “imres” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.