ómós

See also: omos and OMOs

Irish

Alternative forms

• fomós, fómós, ómáid, ómóid, omós, tómas, tómus

Etymology

From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal”).

Noun

ómós m (genitive singular ómóis)

1. homage, respect

   Synonyms: meas, urraim

2. reverence, veneration

   Synonyms: ardmheas, urraim

3. deference, obedience
4. tribute (acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration)

Declension

Declension of ómós

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ómós Vocative a ómóis Genitive ómóis Dative ómós

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-ómós Genitive an ómóis Dative leis an ómós don ómós

Derived terms

• mí-ómós
• ómósach

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “ómós”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fomós, omós”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fomós”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 328
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ómóid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 532
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ómós”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 533
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ómós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN