impúd

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.puːð/

Noun

impúd m

1. verbal noun of imm·soí

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	impúd	impúdL	impúdae
Vocative	impúd	impúdL	impúdu
Accusative	impúdN	impúdL	impúdu
Genitive	impúdoH, impúdaH	impúdo, impúda	impúdaeN
Dative	impúdL	impúdaib	impúdaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: impód
  • Irish: iompú
  • Scottish Gaelic: iompaidh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
impúd (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-impúd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “impód, impúd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language