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)

1. bordering, marginal, peripheral
2. bordered, fringed, rimmed

Declension

Declension of imeallach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	imeallach	imeallach	imeallacha
Vocative	imeallaigh		imeallacha
Genitive		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)

1. (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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immellach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “imeallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “imeallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024