imreas
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish imres (“dispute, contention”).
Noun edit
imreas m (genitive singular imris)
- strife, dispute, discord, quarrel, wrangling
- Proverb: Is fearr foighne ná imreas. ― it is better to be patient than to quarrel.
- heat (in sheep, goat)
Declension edit
Declension of imreas
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
- (wrangling): achrann
- (heat): reith, reitheadh, reithíocht
Derived terms edit
- lucht imris (“trouble-makers”)
- imreas fianaise (“contending evidence”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
imreas m (genitive singular imris)
- Alternative form of imeartas (“play, playfulness; machination, trickery”)
Declension edit
Declension of imreas
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
imreas m (genitive singular imris, nominative plural imris)
- Alternative form of imreasc (“iris”)
Declension edit
Declension of imreas
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| imreas | n-imreas | himreas | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imreas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imres”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language