imleacán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • imleann, imleog, imlinn[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish imlecán,[2] from Middle Irish *imlec (a derivative of Old Irish imbliu, from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl) + -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈimʲɪlʲəkɑːn̪ˠ/[3][4]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈimʲlʲəkɑːnˠ/[5]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨmʲlʲənʲ/[6] (corresponding to the form imlinn)

Noun

imleacán m (genitive singular imleacáin, nominative plural imleacáin)

  1. navel, belly button

Declension

Declension of imleacán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative imleacán imleacáin
vocative a imleacáin a imleacána
genitive imleacáin imleacán
dative imleacán imleacáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-imleacán na himleacáin
genitive an imleacáin na n-imleacán
dative leis an imleacán
don imleacán 		leis na himleacáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of imleacán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imleacán n-imleacán himleacán not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “imleacán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imlecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 46, page 47
  4. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 320, page 106; reprinted 1988
  5. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 142
  6. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 290

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