n
f. later also m. vn. of imm-aig. Probably orig. ā, f.,
cf. áin. n
s.
in immain
,
Acall. 4088.
a
s.
immain,
TBC-LL¹ 1662.
immān,
TBC-I¹ 455.
g
s.
immana,
TBC-LL¹ 871.
na himáine
,
IGT Decl. ex. 1184.
d
s.
immáin,
SR 3739.
imman,
Gorm.
May 17.
n
p.
imana,
Laws v 136.5
. See imáin f.
IGT,
Decl. § 42.
imán m.
§ 35
.
(a)
act of driving (trans.) :
ag imain na m-buidhen rempó,
TBC-LL¹ p. 847 n. 8
.
agh .i. imain amach,
O'Dav. 66.
ó cech
ulc dom imman `to drive me from every evil,'
Gorm.
May 17.
i.¤ catha cét míle | techt a rrige i rrige,
LL 276b10
.
ag iomāin ┐ ag brostugadh an aithigh rimpí,
Feis Tighe Chonáin 484.
Used of driving cattle, etc.:
co fuair slog mór forsin maig
| ... | ic immain chairech fo smacht,
SR 3739.
noco treciub
duit frim ré | immain tana bó Cualṅge,
TBC-LL¹ 1662.
ceithri
uingi i nimain tairb,
Laws iii 234.19
. atait secht n-imana
la Feine na tuillit fiacha ... ain bo a fer, etc.,
v 136.5
. forcraid n-imana for ceathraib `
over-driving
,'
476.26
.
gébaidh
ród gu ró an seanndún | bó beannúr óg ar imán,
IGT Decl.
ex. 936.
ro eidirdheilighsiot a ccreacha ... ┐ ro baí gach
drong diobh ... acc dlúithiomáin a shelbha,
AFM vi 2198.13
.
driving (a ball) :
gaibig immān līathrōde riam darin
n-ārmaig,
TBC-I¹ 455.
Used absol., ball-playing, hurling:
ic imbirt chless cluchi ┐ immanae,
TBC-LL¹ 871.
dobered ...
búaid mbáire ┐ immana,
971
.
laa dó issin chluichimaig
oc immáin dorala camman dar a lurggain,
ZCP iii 4.1
.
dorigned in immain accaind ┐ rucusa .uii. cluiche ar in
maccraid uile,
Acall. 4088.
is and sin fuaradar na maccu
ag iman,
BB 210b16
.
ag déanamh cluiche lúibe ┐ liathróide
... ag eatrasa ┐ ag iomáin,
TSh. 525.
(b) ? To this in intrans. sense,
wandering, roaming about:
an iommon (v.l. iumain, LB)
sech sin iarom dognīat na bāi
isind āth is do is nomen gelestar
,
Corm. Y 674.
is hé saethar
do lucht na drúisi .i. feilci ┐ fothraicti, cīrad cind ┐ imána
(imánta, v.l.) imda `much riding
,'
De Contemptu 668.
(c) In concrete sense, a drove:
téiti iarom Cu Chulaind ┐
nos timmairg leis ina fuair do muccaib ... ┐ dosbeir i n-óen
immain leis,
LU 10486.
lanamain cacha fiadmil[a] ... do
thobairt i n-aen-imain,
ZCP i 459.3
.
(d)
superiority, control:
comhthrom is iomáin a
sean | do bhain ... ó Éibhear,
Content. xviii 69.
dia beatha
i mBeithil dod bhreith | do chuir an iomain d'aoin-leith
`which has changed the ruling of the world,'
A. Ó Dálaigh
xlvi 5.
Metaphorically in the phrase imáin énlethe (lit.
driving of one side) an overwhelming superiority ? :
bid
imáin énlethe agut festa a n-agad bf[er] nErenn,
IT ii2
138.393
.
robai imain enlethe aigi orra ac [c]nāmgerrad a
cenn ┐ a cos,
ZCP vi 60.10
. do bhiadh gá sliocht go bráth
mbinn | iomain éinleithe ar Éirinn `their race would have
been supreme over half of Éire till judgment day,'
Content.
xv 28.