imeall

Irish

Alternative forms

iomall

Etymology

From Old Irish imbel (“edge, rim, border, margin”) (compare also immellach (“bordering, surrounding; outermost”, adjective)). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iomall.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈɯmˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈʊmˠəl̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form iomall)
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲəl̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mʲəl̪ˠ/

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

Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “imeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imbel ?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “imeall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “imeall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40

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[1] Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59