muime
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Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]muime f (genitive singular muime, nominative plural muimí)
- Alternative form of buime
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
muime | mhuime | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)
Synonyms
[edit]- (godmother): bana-ghoistidh, màthair-bhaiste
Derived terms
[edit]- muime-chìche f (“wet-nurse”)
- muime-altram f (“dry-nurse”)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
muime | mhuime |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “muime”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muim(m)e”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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