Old Irish

Alternative forms

• (both etymologies): imm

Noun

imb n, m ‎(genitive imme, no plural)

1. butter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: im
• Manx: eeym
• Scottish Gaelic: ìm

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Welsh am), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi ‎(“round about, around”). Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि ‎(abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 ‎(abiy, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί ‎(amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ ‎(amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

Preposition

imb

1. around

Descendants

• Irish: um

Mutation