buime

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration of older muime, from Old Irish muimme, from Proto-Celtic *mammā.

Pronunciation

Noun

buime f (genitive singular buime, nominative plural buimí)

  1. nurse (person who takes care of other people's young), nanny
  2. foster mother

Declension

Declension of buime (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buime buimí
vocative a bhuime a bhuimí
genitive buime buimí
dative buime buimí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhuime na buimí
genitive na buime na mbuimí
dative leis an mbuime
don bhuime 		leis na buimí

Mutation

Mutated forms of buime
radical lenition eclipsis
buime bhuime mbuime

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

buime f

  1. Alternative form of muime

Mutation

Mutation of buime
radical lenition
buime bhuime

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

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