adj io, iā,. Written: imde, Wb.; imdae , Ml.; imda, Sg. Used attrib. and predic. Compar. ni pu imdu do in mann `the manna was not more plentiful to him,' Wb. 16c25 . conrop imdu de duún, 3a12 . condib imdu de torand inna forgnúso, Sg. 198a4 . adv. ind imdu gl. passim, Ml. 35b5 . ind immdae , Sg. 26a5 .

(a) many, numerous; abundant, manifold, plentiful; abounding, rich: cit imdi far forcitlidi, Wb. 9a12 . imda gl. opulentus, Sg. 125a5a . imdu gl. opulento, Ml. 84b3 . immdae .i. hi toirthib són gl. opimam (terram), 37d22 . inna namat nímdae, 62b23 . imdi ón gl. (pacis) profundae, 89c6 . imdha, gl. multus, Ir. Gl. 670. átá bíad imda ocat gencu hesta, Sc.M² § 3 R . ataat muca imda ... lá Laighniu, § 6 R . biad glan imda pure abundant food, LU 8716 ( FB § 54 ). it ile imda mo anmandsa, BDD² 554. is immda fis ocus eolus in Choimded, IT i 169.29 . a thechtairi roimdai chuci ┐ úad, LU 2024 (FA). airbri imdai archaṅgel, SR 836. ra bátar tra ilbuada ilarda imda for Coinculaind, TBC-LL¹ 660. gur chuir in tsleig tresin édach imdo ro bōi imon rí[g]mílid `through the ample dress,' Fianaig. 96.9 . ar na hulib mirbuilib imdaib-si forcóemnacair and, Ériu ii 196 § 14. iar n-olcaibh moraibh ímdhaibh do dhenum dó, AU ii 168.15 . is immda ... immat in t-sloig aingelacda, PH 6207. o' tconnairc ... popul immda do cretem, 2309 . trí chaecait cét n-anart n-iomda, SG 362.14 . na guaise iomdha atá i gcionn an duine, TSh. 8511. gérbh iomdha a n-adhbhar fíocha, 5567 . cá mhéid cineul grás ann ? is iomdha sin `there are many,' Donlevy 206.15 .

(b) In predicative use only, referring to a subst. in sg. or pl. many: With n s.: bid imda broen derg tarse innocht (of a shield), BDD² 978. ni hiomda d'feraibh in betha nech is aille inás, TBC-LL¹ 5452 (Stowe). ba imda mathair boed bronach, AU i 248.3 . is imdo nech gabhus hí many a one travels it, Aisl. Tond. 105.13 . rob imdha lath gaile .. a[c] comhdiurucudh, Stair Erc. 468. nī himda persa ... is fessach `not many know,' Fl. Earls 70.30 . is iomdha sompla oile do fhéadfamaois do thabhairt anuas, TSh. 293. imda badb sa greim na gulbain, IGT Decl. ex. 255. With n p.: dobér duid-siu do mnai gid imda fir uaisli 'ga hiarraid, CCellaig 693. as iomdha daóine a derúaidh ríum-sa, Matthew vii 22. gidh iomdha commaoine do chuir Dia air, TSh. 3425. imdha ... | cúirte bruachnochta i mbeirt smóil, O'Gr. Cat. 452.8. imda ad lis geimli agus géibinn, IGT Decl. ex. 155. With subject understood: is iomdha tré dhán bhfallsa | lán dom annsacht, Studies 1918, 617 § 9 . Folld. by do: ní iomdha dhúnn inar ndaoinibh | gan túr diomdha an Dúilimh `not many of us men,' Dán Dé xii 1. iomdha dháibh thuas i n-a thoigh, xxiii 2 . iomdha i ndiaidh na toice do theadhmannaibh, DDána 83 § 2.

(c) long: acht ced imda (.i. fada) a snūadh mur dond though his hair be long like a poet's, ZCP v 483 § 2 (B. na f.). in t-abuc o Rus caim Cha | a thoeb nocon he is imda, RC xx 274 § 100 (ACC). ba himdo a muin et a gulba (of a beast), Aisl. Tond. 103.y .

As subst. abundance: is imde dorrindnacht dún, Wb. 20d15 . imdae .i. ... plenitudo .i. fo imlāinius, Corm. Y 765.

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.

n f. Fluctuates between iā and dental stem. a s. imda, Corm. Y 447. g s. imda, IT iii 464.21 . d s. imdae , TBC-I¹ 3151. g p. imdae , BDD² 880. g du. imdae , BDD² 964. g du. imdad, LU 4230. d du. úas a dib n-imdadaib , IT i 310.41 .

(a) shoulder, shoulder-blade: iomdha .i. slinnén, ni thug ó roghabh iodhna, iomdha dia chéile comhlainn .i. o do ghabh arm ni thug a shlinnén da chéile comhlainn, O'Cl. imda .i. slinnén, ut est, buí a chochall go maethan a dh[i] imdha, Ériu xiii 74 § 164. ōthā ind na lāime ... corrici ind alt fil iter in imda ┐ in maothán, Corm. Y 447. co maothan a dā imdaed (imdaid, v.l.), 1059.21 . scíath ... co túagmílaib óir úas a dib n-imdadaib, IT i 310.41 . cairemain is tornoire ... remur nimda doib (describing the different portions of meat given to the various grades), YBL 419b21 (= LL 29b40 ).

(b) hip ? these exx. may belong to (a), the gloss on BDD § 97 being, perhaps, erroneous. The instances in which hair is said to reach the imdae refer to men except that from LU 4230 where the reference is to a sudden and miraculous growth of hair. benaid braine a da imdae (.i. a da less) (of hair), BDD § 97. folt ... fair co sniged co brainni a imda, IT iii 464.40 ní tharnic ... do neoch ... dercad furri in tan rosiacht áth a da himdad in folt ... ro asair furri (of a miraculous growth of hair), LU 4230. fithisi oir im cach ṅdual dia fult conici chlar a da imdai, YBL 118a40 . claideb ōrduirn iarna imdae , TBC-I¹ 3151.