imeallach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish immellach (“bordering, surrounding; outermost”), from imbel (“edge, rim, border, margin”). By surface analysis, imeall (“margin”) +‎ -ach. === Adjective === imeallach (genitive singular masculine imeallaigh, genitive singular feminine imeallaí, plural imeallacha, comparative imeallaí) bordering, marginal, peripheral bordered, fringed, rimmed ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== infrimeallach (“inframarginal”, adjective) === Noun === imeallach m (genitive singular imeallaigh, nominative plural imeallaigh) (geography) marginal land; marshy shore-land ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “imeallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immellach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “imeallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “imeallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026