ìmpire

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish impere, impire, from Latin imperium.

Noun

ìmpire m (genitive singular ìmpire, plural ìmpirean)

  1. emperor

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ìmpiren-ìmpireh-ìmpiret-ìmpire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “impere, impire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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