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[quote] Siar in 1612 dúirt an tArd Aighne, Sir John Davies, go raibh sé ag tnúth go mór GO N-IOMPÓDH muintir na hÉireann ar an mBéarla laistigh de ghlúin nó dhó agus dúirt údair an daonáirimh in 1871 go raibh an Ghaeilge ar tí bás a fháil.[/quote]

Churdaigh mé é i Collins Irish dictionary, agus ar Idirlínn, ach níl an t-adh agam inniu.

An bhfuil duine éigin in ann a chabhraigh mé ?

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Remember

(Message edited by Remember on July 06, 2010)

go raibh sé ag tnúth go mór GO N-IOMPÓDH muintir na hÉireann ar an mBéarla

...that he was yearning that the people of Ireland may/would turn away/against English....

Just a guess, but it looks like go n-iompódh might be the subjunctive form of the verb iompaigh.

See http://www.csis.ul.ie/scripts/focweb/Exe/focloir.exe

enter iompaigh at that site

go n-iompódh

conditional of "iompaigh", regular verb.
In Ulster people would say "go n-iompóchadh".

go n-iompódh = that they would turn
Conditional (would), like Lughaidh said

"go n-iompódh" - "would turn/change TO English",(not AWAY or AGAINST)

It depends on the preposition.
This is just my take. Wait for another opinion here.
I'm out of practice.
So, you have
Siar in 1612 dúirt an tArd Aighne, Sir John Davies, go raibh sé ag tnúth go mór GO N-IOMPÓDH muintir na hÉireann ar an mBéarla laistigh de ghlúin nó dhó agus dúirt údair an daonáirimh in 1871 go raibh an Ghaeilge ar tí bás a fháil.[/quote]
So, we're focusing on
GO N-IOMPÓDH muintir na hÉireann ar an mBéarla
go = that
n-iompódh = would turn
ar = on
ar an mBéarla = on the English
Now it context to me that reads as
onto
as in they would take on English.
That's my take on it.

No - it's definitely "turn towards English". It's about language not "the English".

The English version of the same passage:

quote:

As far back as 1612 Attorney General Sir John Davies was expressing the fond wish that Irish people would become English speaking within a few generations, while the authors of the 1871 census claimed that Irish was on the verge of dying out.

iompú ar X = to turn towards X, or to take X up.

I meant take on as in adopt :)

Thank you all,

I had looked at the English version, but was thinking up too many synonyms of "become English speaking" to be sure of the exact meaning.

I've looked up "iompaigh" in the dictionary, and it's proved you all right :)


iompaigh = vt invert
iompaigh = vi overturn

USAGE:
d'iompaigh sé ina Chaitliceach = he became a catholic;

Thanks again everyone,
Remember