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:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	imeall	imill
Vocative	a imill	a imealla
Genitive	imill	imeall
Dative	imeall	imill

Forms with the definite article:

Case	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

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

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