imbagh

Inherited from Old Irish imbach, imbocht.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /imbax/

imbagh m (genitive singular imbee, plural imbaghyn)

1. season, term, period of time

   ec yn imbagh shoh

   at this time

   imbaghyn ny bleeaney

   the seasons of the year

   yn imbagh cooie

   the appointed time, due season

   imbagh yn ouyr

   harvest time

   • 1819, Yn Vible Casherick, Psalmyn 1:3:

     As bee eh myr billey soit rish oirr yn ushtey: ver magh e vess ayns imbagh cooie.

     And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side: that will bring forth his fruit in due season.

   • 1819, Yn Vible Casherick, Arrane Solomon 2:12:

     Ta ny blaaghyn ry-akin er y thalloo, ta imbagh kiaulleeaght ny ushagyn er jeet, as ta bingys yn turtle er ny chlashtyn 'sy cheer ain.

     The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;