imb

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• (both etymologies): imm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imʲbʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *emban- (compare Welsh ymenyn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen- (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Noun

imb n, m (genitive imme, no plural)

1. butter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: im
• Manx: eeym
• Scottish Gaelic: ìm

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Welsh am), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

Preposition

imb

1. around

Descendants

• Irish: um

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
imb	unchanged	n-imb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.