imbliu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• imliu

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl.

Noun

imbliu f

1. navel

Declension

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	imbliu	imblinnL	imblinn
Vocative	imbliu	imblinnL	imblennaH
Accusative	imblinnN	imblinnL	imblennaH
Genitive	imblenn	imblennL	imblennN
Dative	imblinnL, imbliuL	imblennaib	imblennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: imleann
• ⇒ Middle Irish: *imlec
  • Scottish Gaelic: imleag
    • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: ilimeag (by metathesis)
  • Manx: imleig
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: imlecán
    • Irish: imleacán

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
imbliu (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-imbliu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imbliu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language