imned

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• imneth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimʲnʲəð/, [ˈimʲnʲeð]

Noun

imned n (genitive imnid, nominative plural imneda)

1. trouble, tribulation, affliction
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23^b24

     Ní imned lim act rop Críst pridches et imme·ráda cách.

     It is not tribulation for me provided that it is Christ on whom everyone preaches and meditates.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25^a10

     Níp imned libsi mo fochidi-se, ꝉ cia chéste ar iriss Críst.

     May my sufferings not be tribulation for you pl, or although you may suffer for Christ’s faith.

   • 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. 55^d11

     Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fo·daimi? Air it fírián-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n‑as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n‑erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírián inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.

     As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	imnedN, imneth	imnedN, imneth	imnedL, imneda, imnetha
Vocative	imnedN, imneth	imnedN, imneth	imnedL, imneda, imnetha
Accusative	imnedN, imneth	imnedN, imneth	imnedL, imneda, imnetha
Genitive	imnidL	imned, imneth	imnedN, imneth
Dative	imniudL	imnedaib	imnedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: imní
• Scottish Gaelic: imnidh, iomnaidh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
imned	unchanged	n-imned
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), “imned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language