impire

impire

English

Noun

impire (plural impires)

1. Obsolete form of umpire.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for impire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Irish

Alternative forms

• impireoir

Etymology

From Old Irish impere, impire, from Latin imperium.

Noun

impire m (genitive singular impire, nominative plural impirí)

1. emperor

Declension

Declension of impire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative impire impirí Vocative a impire a impirí Genitive impire impirí Dative impire impirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-impire na himpirí Genitive an impire na n-impirí Dative leis an impire don impire leis na himpirí

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.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

impire m (genitive singular impire, plural impirean)

1. Alternative form of ìmpire

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
impire	n-impire	h-impire	t-impire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.