n
o, n. later m. vn. of imm-comairc. n
s.
a
n-imchumarcc
,
Wb. 7b4
.
a n-imchomarc
,
31a4
.
int imcomurc
,
Auraic. 1248.
By metath. :
imchomrac,
Mon. Tall. 150.2
.
(a) the act of enquiring about; question, enquiry,
interrogation: iomchomharc .i. fiarfaighidh, O'Cl.
i.¤ .i. fiarfaige,
Lec. Gl. 373.
tuasolcud ind imchomairc,
Sg. 157b7
.
dofúasailcet a n-immchomarc immechomarcar tri quis ┐ qualis
,
27a2
. is fo imchomarc ata `in interrogation,'
Ml. 20b13
.
is
dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanoin frisgair lessóm a n-imchomarc n-isiu,
77a15
. trop lesom anísiu con hiroin imchomairc `with irony of interrogation,'
107d7
.
a fiarfaidhedh
co llēir ┐ a imchomarc lat,
TBC-I¹ 1525.
innell int imcomurc
┐ tinnell int eirniud `i.¤
the question and t. the solution,'
Auraic. 1248.
tosach eōluis imchomarc
,
Anecd. iii 16.1
(=
LL 345b21
).
is tuisechu in dag-imchomarc for in fis
andas in fis do bith oc neoch,
LL 187c39
.
is i seo cet quistio
┐ cet imcomarc dorigní diabul,
BB 16b45
. dlegar dona
gradaib flatha biatha gin ímcomarc `to entertain without
asking questions,'
Laws iv 236.6
. son an eirnida ... son an
imcomairc `the sound of the answer ... the sound of the question,'
v 2.8 Comm.
(Transl. s.v. érned. RIA Dict. Fasc. II).
robad ferr duib creittem do Día andás imcomarc di ar
ceníul-ni than to inquire concerning our race,
Lat. Lives
25.14
. no mbith Poir oc imcomarc A. dona miledaibh sin
ro imthigtis eter na sluagaibh enquiring about A.,
BB 495a50
.
(b)
enquiry (concerning health), greeting, salutation: berar
a n-imchumarcc huáib `from you let a salutation to them
be taken,'
Wb. 7b4
. dobered huadisi imchomrac na mac
bethad `used to carry greetings from her to the sons of life,'
Mon. Tall. 150.2
.
imchomarc Flainn ... a greeting to Flann,
IT iii 12 § 22.
beir a n-imc[h]omarc uaim-se dom aés
chomtha,
TBC-LL¹ 2144.
fágbais F. iomcomarc beta et slainte
ag C.,
p. 205 n. 6
.
iar farcbail imchomhairc occa chele,
BNnÉ 328 § 56.
timmarnad bet[h]ad ┐ imcomarc slainte
o Cesair,
CCath. 3298.
(c)
asking (a request); a petition, boon: ni ro leiced
fer ... dia himchasain co ngabad ri Herenn a himchomarc
`so that the king of Ireland might have the asking of her' (i.e.
in marriage),
RC xvi 151.4
.
dús in fuigbithi in imcomurc,
ACL iii 3.30
. iomchomarc .i. aisgidh no tiodhlacadh,
O'Cl.
(d) As a grammatical term, analysis, parsing: atat da
aithfhegad for imchomarc .i. i.¤ iar n-inni thoirni ┐ i.¤ iar
n-airbhirt na n-airbirenn `there are two views of analysis ...
according to the meaning ... according to the method ...,
Auraic. 1894.
incipit do ernailibh in imchomairc,
1893
.
(e) From the meaning `enquiry' comes that of
commemoration? correspondence (in metre)? :
comarc .i.
imcomarc .i. cúimniugud no comardud na filidechtai,
Fél.²
cxxvi
gloss to
Aug. 5.
? To this: ca lín d'fedhaibh ┐ do
taebhomnaibh tig do dénum in fhoccail is imcomharc ann ?
O'D. 1224
(
H 2.15A, p. 86b
).