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iomaire

iomaire

Irish

Noun

iomaire m, f ‎(genitive singular iomaire, nominative plural iomairí or iomaireacha)

(geography, agriculture, etc.) ridge, furrow
(archaeology) cultivation ridge
(agriculture) lazy-bed

Declension

Declension of iomaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iomaire	iomairí
Vocative	a iomaire	a iomairí
Genitive	iomaire	iomairí
Dative	iomaire	iomairí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-iomaire	na hiomairí
Genitive	an iomaire	na n-iomairí
Dative	leis an iomaire don iomaire	leis na hiomairí

Synonyms

(lazy-bed): ainneor

Derived terms

Terms derived from iomaire

ag treabhadh an iomaire fhada ‎(“dying”, literally “ploughing the long ridge”)
iomaireach ‎(“ridged; ribbed, waved, corrugated”, adjective)
iomaire ardbhrú ‎(“ridge, wedge, of high pressure”)

iomaire bán ‎(“untilled strip, balk”)
iomaire cinn ‎(“headland strip”)

iomaire críche ‎(“boundary strip”)
iomaire treafa ‎(“ridge in ploughing”)

Mutation

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

References

"iomaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“immaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.