imirce
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish immirge, from Old Irish imm- + éirge.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editimirce f (genitive singular imirce, nominative plural imircí)
- (the act of) removing, shifting (position)
- migration, emigration
- déan imirce ― to (e)migrate
- trek
- (literary) band of emigrants
Declension
editDeclension of imirce
Derived terms
edit- anamimirce (“transmigration of souls”)
- ar imirce (“(e)migrating”)
- éan imirce (“migratory bird”)
- lucht imirce (“(e)migrants”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
imirce | n-imirce | himirce | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ “imirce”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immirge, immirc(h)e”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 283, page 100
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “imirce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 395
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imirce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN