imeall

Irish

Alternative forms

iomall

Etymology

From Old Irish imbel (“edge, rim, border, margin”)^[1] (compare also immellach (“bordering, surrounding; outermost”, adjective)). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iomall.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈɯmˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈʊmˠəl̪ˠ/^[2] (corresponding to the form iomall)
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲəl̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mʲəl̪ˠ/^[3]

Noun

imeall m (genitive singular imill, nominative plural imill)

border, edge, rim, margin

Declension

Declension of imeall (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	imeall	imill
vocative	a imill	a imealla
genitive	imill	imeall
dative	imeall	imill

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-imeall	na himill
genitive	an imill	na n-imeall
dative	leis an imeall don imeall	leis na himill

Derived terms

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

Mutated forms of *imeall*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imeall	n-imeall	himeall	t-imeall

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imbel ?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40