ómós

See also: omos and OMOs

Irish

Alternative forms

• fomós, fómós, ómáid, ómóid, omós, tómas, tómus

Etymology

From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal”).

Noun

ómós m (genitive singular ómóis)

1. homage, respect

   Synonyms: meas, urraim

2. reverence, veneration

   Synonyms: ardmheas, urraim

3. deference, obedience
4. tribute (acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration)

Declension

Declension of ómós (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ómós vocative a ómóis genitive ómóis dative ómós forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ómós genitive an ómóis dative leis an ómós don ómós

Derived terms

• mí-ómós
• ómósach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ómós

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ómós	n-ómós	hómós	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “ómós”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fomós, omós”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fomós”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 328
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ómóid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 532
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ómós”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 533
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ómós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN