imeallach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish immellach (“bordering, surrounding; outermost”), from imbel (“edge, rim, border, margin”). By surface analysis, imeall (“margin”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

imeallach (genitive singular masculine imeallaigh, genitive singular feminine imeallaí, plural imeallacha, comparative imeallaí)

bordering, marginal, peripheral
bordered, fringed, rimmed

Declension

Declension of imeallach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	imeallach	imeallach	imeallacha
Vocative	imeallaigh	imeallach	imeallacha
Genitive	imeallaigh	imeallaí	imeallacha	imeallach
Dative	imeallach	imeallach; imeallaigh (archaic)	imeallacha
Comparative	níos imeallaí
Superlative	is imeallaí

Derived terms

infrimeallach (“inframarginal”, adjective)

Noun

imeallach m (genitive singular imeallaigh, nominative plural imeallaigh)

(geography) marginal land; marshy shore-land

Declension

Declension of imeallach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	imeallach	imeallaigh
Vocative	a imeallaigh	a imeallacha
Genitive	imeallaigh	imeallach
Dative	imeallach	imeallaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-imeallach	na himeallaigh
Genitive	an imeallaigh	na n-imeallach
Dative	leis an imeallach don imeallach	leis na himeallaigh

Mutation

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imeallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immellach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “imeallach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “imeallach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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