imresan

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === imbressan, imbresan (Würzburg variants) === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *ambiwritsonom, a prefixed derivation of *sonom. *Sonom is in turn derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *senh₂‐ (“to reach, attain”). Effectively contains the prefixes imm- +‎ frith-. Gordon also connects imresan to Irish ar son (“instead of, in place of”), which has been connected to unrelated words by previous authors. === Noun === imresan n (genitive imresin, nominative plural imbresna) verbal noun of imm·fresna: contention, strife, controversy ==== Inflection ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imresan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language