immorro

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• immurgu (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Irish immurgu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmor͈ə/

Adverb

immorro (never the first word in its clause)

1. however, nevertheless
   • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 15, page 2: “Mani·tucad immurgu ní din chéttadall ni·bered a n-aill. ― If, however, he did not take anything at (literally “from”) his first thrust, he did not bring the second.”

Descendants

• Irish: iomorra

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immurgu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language