imeall
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish imbel (“edge, rim, border, margin”)[1] (compare also immellach (“bordering, surrounding; outermost”, adjective)). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iomall.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞mˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈɯmˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈʊmˠəl̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form iomall)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɪmʲəl̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞mʲəl̪ˠ/[3]
Noun edit
imeall m (genitive singular imill, nominative plural imill)
Declension edit
Declension of imeall
Derived terms edit
- imeallach m (“marginal land; marshy shore-land”)
- imeallach (“bordering, marginal, peripheral; bordered, fringed, rimmed”, adjective)
- imeallbhord m (“border, verge, margin; coastline”)
- imeallchóras m (“peripheral system”)
- imeallchríoch f (“border, frontier”)
- imeallstad m (“marginal stop”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| imeall | n-imeall | himeall | t-imeall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imbel ?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “imeall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “imeall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.