n
f. Shows considerable fluctuation in declension.
May originally have been ī-st. d
s. immid,
Críth G. 234
and n. Later it fluctuates between iā- and t-st. declension
(Strachan,
Phil. Soc. Trans. p. 23 n. 1
), and develops new
nominatives: imdad ā, f., and imdaid, g
s. himdaidi. As iā,
f. n
s.
imdae
.
LU 8053
(FB). a
s.
imdai,
Sc.M² § 2.
g
s.
himdae,
BDD² 1203.
g
p.
imdae
,
Imr. Brain § 62.
as t, f.
g
s.
na himdad
,
BDD² 1148.
d
s.
imdaid,
LU 8066
(FB).
n
p.
imdada,
8051
(FB).
imdadae,
BDD² 991.
g
p.
imdad,
Sc.M² § 5.
Later n
s.
iomdhaidh,
Dán Dé vii 13.
g
s.
na imdaidi
,
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 40 § 9.
na himdaighi
,
Tromd. Guaire 271.
imduigi,
ZCP vi 282.2
. n
s.
iomdhadh,
DDána 10 § 41.
d
s.
iomdhaidh,
30 § 19
.
imdhadh ā, f.
IGT Decl. § 12
, imdhuidh (g
s. imdhuidhi.
d
s. imdhuidh. n
p. imdhuidhi) f.
§ 13
.
(a) In the sagas apparently a compartment or cubicle
in the large hall containing a couch or couches for sleeping.
`an apartment in a great house or palace,'
P. O'C.
imscing .i.
tech becc a talla i.¤
,
Corm. Y 790.
sceng .i. i.¤, unde dicitur
imsceng .i. both bec imma timchellae i.¤
,
1151
.
is amlaid
trá dorónad a tech sin sudigud Tige Midchúarta fair .ix.
n-imdada and ó thenid co fraigid,
LU 8051
(
FB § 2
).
con-rotacht rígimdae and íarom do Chonchobur i n-airinuch
ind rígthige sin úas imdadaib in tige uile,
LU 8053
(FB).
dorónad gríanán la Bricrind fodessin fó chomardus imdaí Conchobair ┐ inna láth ngaile,
LU 8063
(
FB § 3
).
imdui Ailella ┐
Medba i mmedon in tige,
LU 8733
(
FB § 55
).
tánic fer chuca
isa tech dessid forsind airiniuch na imdai i mboí Cu Chulaind,
LU 3302
(SC).
nibo bec in tech dano, secht ndoruiss ind
ocus coíca imdad itir cech dā dorus,
Sc.M² § 5.
tri
choicait imdad isin taig ┐ tri coicait fer in cach imdai
(describing the Tech Midchúarta),
LL 29a6
.
tricha láth
ngaile i n-imdai Chonchobuir fri ól,
Ériu iv 30.24
.
int áes
báeth borrfadach isna himdadhaib im na doirse,
124.16
.
ra-curit ... ina nimdádaib ┐ ina cotaltigib iat,
CRR § 13.
tanic Adraist ┐ Polinices ... da nimdadaib ┐ da lepthaib,
TTebe 647
. téid tar ais dá hiomdhaidh féin | inghean
Iopragáid `returned to her chamber,'
TD 1 § 37.
(b) a bed, couch
. Some of these exx. may belong to (a).
`iomdha .i. leabaidh,'
P. O'C.
dírech n-imda[e] stripping
a bed,
Críth G. 229.
ocht n-imdai cona tinchur and
(describing the house of an aire désa),
337
.
fuba n-imda,
Laws i 176.3
, glossed
.i. pisoca is in lepuidh,
180.24
Comm.
nemdul cuice na imda,
180.26 Comm.
fóidis in
agaid sin le a n-imdaid a derbrathar,
PH 858.
ar colba a
himduigi `by the post of her bed,'
ZCP vi 282.2
.
condubratar
aroile oidc[h]e ina n-imdaigh ┐ ina n-ardlebaidh,
ZCP vii
307.24
.
ba már a mélacht lea techt cosin fer i n-imdai
os sí alacht,
Comp. CC § 6.
roergeadar dream dib re
dergud imdad do pellaib cimsacha,
TTebe 462
.
risin
ccoilcigh cluimhdhearaighthe ... robhí fa'n iomdaidh,
ITS v 38.22
.
fliuchuim m' iomdhuigh lem' dhéaruibh,
Psalms vi 6.
Fig. a n-imdaig uaige in the grave's bed,
Ériu
x 77 § 16.
rinn lasrach leice Ifrinn | iomdhadh uaighe i
n-am loite,
DDána 10 § 41.
Of a bird's nest:
fágbhaidh cnuas d'ísle san fhiodhbhaidh | nár dhísle thuas d' iomdhaidh eóin,
TD 29 § 30.
Of a serpent's lair:
péist éagsamhail ... do théigheadh
dá hiomdhaidh féin,
Maguires of F. § 3.
Of an ass's stable:
a bhreith i n-iomdhaidh asail,
Dán Dé
vi 15.
Of the source of a spring: a tobuir gorma. glana, |
moguil folma a n-imdada (a nionmhadha v.l.) `empty
husks were the beds of their clear blue springs,'
Ériu iv 222 § 41.
? Of the cover of a spear:
ní léig le fer í as a hiomdhuigh |
slegh do bhí go hiorghoil ort,
L. Cl. A. B. 240.83
.
(c) Fig. grave, tomb:
a adhnacal ... i n-iomdhaidh a
athar,
AFM iv 802.17
(=
a n-otharligi ... a athar,
ALC ii 132.z
.).
gurrus ádhlucadh a corp ... a n-adhbha na naom ocus a
n-iomdha na n-érlum,
ALC ii 402.8
.
Seinglenn dob ē m'inmhuin | sech gach imdaid deirid,
ZCP xii 388.36
.
ar n-osgladh don iomdhaidh cloch,
Dán Dé iii 27.
(d) an abode or resting-place in general:
i rRos Inbhir
hi ffuil sind | i n-iomdaidh bhuiligh blaith-bind,
BNnÉ
273.4
.
a-tá ar neamh na naoi naomhghrádh | a hiomdhadh
mar as dual di,
DDána 20.43
. ógh do bhí gan iomdhaidh
í (of Mary),
17.6
.
a mheic ionmhuin ... brú na hóighe th'
iomdhaidh,
Dán Dé viii 13.
(e) In n.l.
imda Ciarain, the name of a church at
Clonmacnoise:
Celeachair ... cend einigh ... Cluana mic
Nois d'écc i n-imdhaidh Chiaráin,
AFM ii 1046.3
. See
also Hog. Onom.