imleag

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish *imlec, a derivative of Old Irish imbliu, from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl. Cognate with Irish imleacán, Latin umbilicus, English navel.

Pronunciation

Noun

imleag f (genitive singular imleig or imleige, plural imleagan)

  1. navel, belly button
  2. nave

Mutation

Mutation of imleag
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imleag n-imleag h-imleag t-imleag

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “imleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imlecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “imleag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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