n
o, m. also written omb-, amb-ur. d
p.
hoimrib,
SR 2958
, which may represent an older (fem.?)
form with palatal final; see below. omar
amar,
IGT Dec.
§ 17.16
.
A trough for holding water:
Iacób no sernad sreith | isna
hoimrib uiscidib,
SR 2958
(= canalibus aquarum,
Gen. xxx
41
); cf.
donidh Iacob bunnsacha . . . osna homraib,
BB 236b47
;
bundsacha . . . do chur osna lothraib,
LB 114a22
.
co clais nō
co cro nō co hamar,
Laws v 154.20 Comm.
(a trough for feed-
ing swine). A large vessel in general, a tub or vat (esp. in compd.
lothommar q.v.): ambur .i. ambo ┐ ora. no immi [sic leg.]
a or (i.e. having a circular rim ?),
O'Mulc. 43.
lothar .i. amar,
O'Cl.
indles cach n-ombur,
Laws iv 312.22
. ammbur indlait
washing-trough,
310.10
.
ris an amar n-ionnluid,
IGT Dec.
ex. 767
(: dalladh). deich n-ommair . . . do humu lavers (of the
Jewish Temple),
Rawl. 79a34
.
an t-omar comadbal cloichi i
n-ar baistedh Constantinus,
Fl. Earls 200.23
. The hold of a
boat or ship:
long . . . gan usce 'na abur,
CF 49.
Hence meton.
of the boat itself:
i n-amur biuc,
Anecd. i 65.3
(a n-ammur
v.l.). In Bedell of a vat for crushing grapes:
umar bhrúighte
fíona,
Isaiah v 2
, cf.
lxiii 3
.
ó na n-omaruibh ḟíona,
Jerem.
xlviii 33
.
Windisch refers to this word the compd.
smirammair,
TBC-LL¹
4427
, g
s.
na smiramrach,
4426
, cf.
Smirombair,
TBC-LL¹ 2870
,
a fem. guttural st. with slender final; if the same word, it
may represent an older form ; cf.
SR 2958
quoted above and
Ml. 96c1
: dundumuir .i. dufuargabsat huisci moro robuir in
tan romboí popul Dǽ foramuir, gl. ad oram [Rubri maris]
where umuir (amuir) may mean trough, channel.