iomaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish immaire (“ridge, furrow”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊmˠəɾʲə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌmˠəɾʲə/

Noun

iomaire m or 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

ag treabhadh an iomaire fhada (“dying”, literally “ploughing the long ridge”)
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”)
iomaireach (“ridged; ribbed, waved, corrugated”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “iomaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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