iomrall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imroll (“a badly-aimed shot or cast, a miss; straying, error, mistake”).

Noun

iomrall m (genitive singular iomraill)

aberration, error
(literary) missed throw, miss

Declension

Declension of iomrall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	iomrall
Vocative	a iomraill
Genitive	iomraill
Dative	iomrall

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-iomrall
Genitive	an iomraill
Dative	leis an iomrall don iomrall

Derived terms

ar iomrall, in iomrall (“astray, in error”)
coiscéim iomraill (“false step”)
eolas iomraill (“mistaken information”)
gan iomrall (“unerring; undoubtedly”)
iarracht iomraill (“muff”)
iomrall aimsire (“anachronism”)
iomrall aithne (“mistaken identity”)
iomrall breithiúnais (“error of judgment”)
iomrall ceartais (“miscarriage of justice”)
iomrall céille (“mental aberration”)
iomrall cuntais (“miscount”)
iomrall seachadta (“misdelivery”)
iomrall sféarúil (“spherical aberration”)
iomrall súl (“optical illusion”)
iomrall tuisceana (“misunderstanding”)
iomrallach (“straying, wide (of mark); mistaken”, adjective)
urchar iomraill (“missed, random, shot”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomrall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imroll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “iomrall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “iomrall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish imroll (“a badly-aimed shot or cast, a miss; straying, error, mistake”).

Noun

iomrall m (genitive singular iomraill, plural iomrallan)

error, mistake
straying, wandering

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iomrall	n-iomrall	h-iomrall	t-iomrall
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), “imroll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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