imleag

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ilmeag, ilimeag, imealag, iomlag

Etymology

From Middle Irish *imlec, a derivative of Old Irish imbliu, from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl. Cognate with Irish imleacán, Latin umbilicus, English navel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimilak/, /ˈiməlak/

Noun

imleag f (genitive singular imleig or imleige, plural imleagan)

1. navel, belly button
2. nave

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imleag	n-imleag	h-imleag	t-imleag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “imleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imlecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “imleag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN