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ilmeag

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ilmeag f (genitive singular ilmeig or ilmeige, plural ilmeagan)

  1. (Lewis, Wester Ross, Assynt) metathesised form of imleag (navel)

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap