imbas

imbas

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay imbas.

Pronunciation

Noun

imbas (plural imbas-imbas)

  1. current
    1. air current; generally unidirectional movement of a gas.
    2. a flow, a stream, a tendency or a course of events.
    3. electrical current, the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.
      Synonyms: arus listrik, tegangan
  2. noxious air
  3. effect
    Synonym: efek
  4. impact
    Synonym: dampak
  5. (chiefly physics) induction
    Synonym: induksi

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈimbas/
  • Rhymes: -mbas, -bas, -as

Etymology 1

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Verb

imbas (Jawi spelling ايمبس)

  1. (obsolete) to sway (of a pendulum)
    Synonym: ayun
  2. (computing) to scan

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pengimbas (“scanner”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pengimbasan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • imbasan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • mengimbas [agent focus] (meN-)
  • diimbas [patient focus] (di-)
  • terimbas [agentless action] (teR-)

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “imbas”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 426

Etymology 2

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Noun

imbas (Jawi spelling ايمبس, plural imbas-imbas or imbas2)

  1. (obsolete) air currents following a passing object
  2. (obsolete) surrounding air, atmosphere
    1. (obsolete) miasma, space surrounding a sick person
  3. aura
  4. a glimpse; a glance

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “امبس imbas”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 19
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ايمبس imbas”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 34
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “imbas”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 426

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • imbus, imb-ḟiuss, imb-ḟess

Etymology

imb- (“around”) + fius (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈim.bəs/
    • (Blasse) [ˈim.bas]
    • (Griffith) [ˈim.bəs]

Noun

imbas n

  1. inspiration, poetic talent
  2. (fore-)knowledge, esp. if gained through divination
  3. magical lore

Declension

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative imbasN imbasL imbasL, imbasa
vocative imbasN imbasL imbas
accusative imbasN imbasL imbas
genitive imbasoH, imbasaH imbasoN, imbasaN imbasN
dative imbasL imbasaib imbasaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of imbas
radical lenition nasalization
imbas
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 imbas n-imbas

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

Further reading

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