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inbhe, quality, dignity, rank, Ir. inmhe, patrimony, estate, M. Ir. indme, rank: *ind-med-, prep. ind (ann) and root , med, of meas? Ir. inme, wealth, better indme or indbe (St.).

inbhir, a confluence of waters, Ir. innbhear, inbhear, E. Ir. indber, inbir, inber, W. ynfer, influxus: *eni-bero-s (Stokes), from eni or modern an, in, and bero-, stem of beir, Lat. fero. The combination is the same as Lat. infero, Eng. inference.

inghean, a daughter, Ir. inghean, O. Ir. ingen, Ogam inigena: *eni-genâ; root gen, beget (see gin) and prep. an; Lat. indigena, native; Gr. ἐγγόνη, a grand-daughter. Also nighean, q.v. Lat. ingenuus?

inich, neat, tidy, lively:

inid, Shrove-tide, Ir. inid, E. Ir. init, W. ynyd, Br. ened; from Lat. initium (jejunii, beginning of Lent.

inisg a reproach; cf. M. Ir. indsce, O. Ir. insce, speech: *eni-sqiâ, root seq, say, as in sgeul, q.v. Gr. ἔνισπε, Lat. inseque, say, are exactly the same as Ir. in root and prefix.

inn-, ionn-, (innt- before s), prep. prefix of like force with frith, ri, against, to Ir. inn-, ionn-, O. Ir. ind- (int- before s), inn-, in-: *ṇde, Gaul. ande-: *ande, from ṇdh, Goth. und, for, until, O. H. G. unt-as, until; Skr. ádhi, up to (ṇdhi).

inndrich, originate, incite:

inne, a bowel, entrail, gutter, sewer, kennel (M'A.), Ir. inne, innighe, M. Ir. inne, inde, a bowel, viscer (pl.), E. Ir. inne, inde, O. Ir. inna, d.pl. innib, viscus, viscera: prep. in+? Cf. Gr. ἒvτερον, a bowel, Ger. innere, Skr. antaram; also Dial. Eng. innards (for inwards).

inneach, woof, so Ir., E. Ir. innech: *(p)ṇ-niko-, root pan, thread, Lat. pannus, cloth, Gr. pcnós, woof thread on the bobbin? See further under anart. A compound with in or ind is possible: in-neg-, Lat. in-necto?

inneadh, want (M'F.):

inneal, an instrument, arrangement, Ir. inneal, arrangement, dress, E. Ir. indell, yoke, arrangement; G. innil, prepare, ready, Ir. inniollaim, arrange, E. Ir. indlim, get ready: *ind-el-, root pel, join, fold, as in alt, q.v. Ascoli joins O. Ir. intle, insidiæ, intledaigim, insidior, and G. innleachd, q.v.; but gives no root.

innean, an anvil, Ir. inneóin, E. Ir. indeóin, O. Ir. indéin, W. einion [engion?], Cor. ennian, Br. anneffn: *ande-bnis, "on-hit", from inn- and benô, hit as in bean, q.v. Osthoff gives the stem *endivani-, "on-hit", Zd. vaniti, hit.

innear, dung, M. Ir. indebar: *ind-ebar; cf. E. Ir. cann-ebor (= cac, O'Cl.), on the analogy of which Stokes suggests that