iomadh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish imbed, imbad, from Proto-Celtic *imbetom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiməɣ/

Noun

iomadh m (genitive singular iomaidh, no plural)

  1. a lot of, many, many a, a number of, various, diverse
    iomadh rud ― many things, many a thing
    iomadh turas ― many a time, often

Usage notes
  • Like English "many", only used for countable nouns.
  • Although describing more than one item, the noun following iomadh is in the singular.
  • In the nominative case the noun following iomadh remains in the nominative as well.

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iomadhn-iomadhh-iomadht-iomadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “iomadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.