imbliu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• imliu

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl.

Noun

imbliu f

1. navel

Declension

Feminine n-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	imbliu	imblinnL	imblinn
vocative	imbliu	imblinnL	imblennaH
accusative	imblinnN	imblinnL	imblennaH
genitive	imblenn	imblennL	imblennN
dative	imblinnL, imbliuL	imblennaib	imblennaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: imleann
• ⇒ Middle Irish: *imlec
  • Scottish Gaelic: imleag
    • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: ilmeag (by metathesis)
  • Manx: imleig
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: imlecán
    • Irish: imleacán

Mutation

Mutation of imbliu

radical	lenition	nasalization
imbliu (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-imbliu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imbliu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language