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
Positive singular plural
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

Noun

imeallach m (genitive singular imeallaigh, nominative plural imeallaigh)

  1. (geography) marginal land; marshy shore-land

Declension

Declension of imeallach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative imeallach imeallaigh
vocative a imeallaigh a imeallacha
genitive imeallaigh imeallach
dative imeallach imeallaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-imeallach na himeallaigh
genitive an imeallaigh na n-imeallach
dative leis an imeallach
don imeallach 		leis na himeallaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of imeallach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imeallach n-imeallach himeallach t-imeallach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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