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muime

Irish

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Noun

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muime f (genitive singular muime, nominative plural muimí)

  1. Alternative form of buime

Mutation

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Mutated forms of muime
radical lenition eclipsis
muime mhuime not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)

  1. nurse
  2. stepmother; foster-mother
  3. (Christianity) godmother
  4. midwife

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of muime
radical lenition
muime mhuime

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • 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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