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Irish
Etymology
Alteration of older muime, from Old Irish muimme, from Proto-Celtic *mammā.
Pronunciation
Noun
buime f (genitive singular buime, nominative plural buimí)
- nurse (person who takes care of other people's young), nanny
- foster mother
Declension
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| buime
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bhuime
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mbuime
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “buime”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- 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
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 99
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
buime f
- Alternative form of muime
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.