iompaigh

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish imm·soí (turns around, converts, changes), from Proto-Celtic *ambisuweti.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

iompaigh (present analytic iompaíonn, future analytic iompóidh, verbal noun iompú, past participle iompaithe)

  1. to turn
  2. to reverse
  3. (religion) to convert
  4. (sailing) to capsize
  5. (sailing) to cant

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iompaigh n-iompaigh hiompaigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 247
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 272
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 404 (p. 217)

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