iomadh

• ioma
• iomad

From Old Irish imbed, imbad, from Proto-Celtic *imbetom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiməɣ/

iomadh m (genitive singular iomaidh, no plural)

1. a lot of, many, many a, a number of, various, diverse

   iomadh rud ― many things, many a thing

   iomadh turas ― many a time, often

• Like English "many", only used for countable nouns.
• Although describing more than one item, the noun following iomadh is in the singular.
• In the nominative case the noun following iomadh remains in the nominative as well.

• 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
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)