imleacán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish imlecán, from Middle Irish *imlec (a derivative of Old Irish imbliu, from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl) + -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

imleacán m (genitive singular imleacáin, nominative plural imleacáin)

  1. navel, belly button

Declension

Declension of imleacán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative imleacán imleacáin
Vocative a imleacáin a imleacána
Genitive imleacáin imleacán
Dative imleacán imleacáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-imleacán na himleacáin
Genitive an imleacáin na n-imleacán
Dative leis an imleacán

don imleacán

leis na himleacáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imleacán n-imleacán himleacán not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 46

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