From Old Irish immellach (“bordering, surrounding; outermost”), from imbel (“edge, rim, border, margin”). By surface analysis, imeall (“margin”) + -ach.
imeallach (genitive singular masculine imeallaigh, genitive singular feminine imeallaí, plural imeallacha, comparative imeallaí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| 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 | |||
imeallach m (genitive singular imeallaigh, nominative plural imeallaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| 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. | |||