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iomrascáil

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish imrusgail, adapted to the suffix -áil.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iomrascáil f (genitive singular iomrascála)

  1. wrestling (also functioning as a verbal noun with no finite forms)
    Tá siad ag imorascáil.
    They are wrestling.

Declension

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Declension of iomrascáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative iomrascáil
Vocative a iomrascáil
Genitive iomrascála
Dative iomrascáil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an iomrascáil
Genitive na hiomrascála
Dative leis an iomrascáil

don iomrascáil

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “iomrascáil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imrascáil, imarscáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 226, page 115

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