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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 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.