imleacán

Irish

Alternative forms

• imleann, imleog, imlinn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈimʲ(ə)lʲəkɑːn̪ˠ/, IPA^(key): /imʲlʲəˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈimʲlʲəkɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈimʲlʲəkænˠ/

Noun

imleacán m (genitive singular imleacáin, nominative plural imleacáin)

1. navel, belly button

Declension

Declension of imleacán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative imleacán imleacáin Vocative a imleacáin a imleacána Genitive imleacáin imleacán Dative imleacán imleacáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-imleacán na himleacáin Genitive an imleacáin na n-imleacán Dative leis an imleacán don imleacán leis na himleacáin

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “imleacán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imlecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “imleacán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 395
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imleacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN