imchomarc

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimxoṽark]

Noun

imchomarc n (genitive imchomairc)

1. verbal noun of imm·comairc
2. question
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 157^b7

     Is hé inso túasolcud ind imchomairc as·rubart riam.

     This is the solution to the question that was previously asked.

3. interrogation
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20^b13

     Ní fú indidit a·tá irascemini sunt .i. irascemini fercaigthe-si, acht is fo imchomarc a·tá.

     It is not in affirmation that irascemini is here, i.e. irascemini you pl are angry, but it is in interrogation.

     [In other words, irascemini is here a question, not a statement. The Latin verb is actually in the future tense, but the Old Irish gloss of it is in the present tense.]

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 77^a15

     Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.

     It is to the interrogation that is in the canon that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it.

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	imchomarcN	imchomarcN	imchomarcL, imchomarca
Vocative	imchomarcN	imchomarcN	imchomarcL, imchomarca
Accusative	imchomarcN	imchomarcN	imchomarcL, imchomarca
Genitive	imchomaircL	imchomarc	imchomarcN
Dative	imchomarcL, imchumurc	imchomarcaib	imchomarcaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: imchomharc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
imchomarc	unchanged	n-imchomarc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imchomarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language