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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
ilmeag f (genitive singular ilmeig or ilmeige, plural ilmeagan)
- (Lewis, Wester Ross, Assynt) metathesised form of imleag (“navel”)
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap