iomrall

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

iomrall m (genitive singular iomraill)

1. aberration, error
2. (literary) missed throw, miss

Declension

Declension of iomrall (first declension, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of iomrall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iomrall	n-iomrall	hiomrall	t-iomrall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomrall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imroll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “iomrall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “iomrall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• iomaral, iomrol
• iormall, ioramall (metathesized)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɪməɾəl̪ˠ/

Noun

iomrall m (genitive singular iomraill, plural iomrallan)

1. error, mistake
2. straying, wandering

Mutation

Mutation of iomrall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iomrall	n-iomrall	h-iomrall	t-iomrall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imroll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language