iomaire

iomaire

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. (geography, agriculture, etc.) ridge, furrow
2. (archaeology) cultivation ridge
3. (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”)
• 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	not applicable
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.