mamaí

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See also: mamai and màmài

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mammy.

Noun

mamaí f (genitive singular mamaí)

  1. mammy, mummy, mommy
    Synonyms: mam, maime
Declension
Declension of mamaí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative mamaí
vocative a mhamaí
genitive mamaí
dative mamaí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mhamaí
genitive na mamaí
dative leis an mamaí
don mhamaí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mamaí

  1. genitive singular feminine of mamach (“mammary; mammal, mammalian”)
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mamaí m pl

  1. plural of mama (“breast, pap; mamma”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mamaí
radical lenition eclipsis
mamaí mhamaí not applicable

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

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