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Irish
Noun
muime f (genitive singular muime, nominative plural muimí)
- Alternative form of buime
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| muime
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mhuime
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not applicable
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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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Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)
- nurse
- stepmother; foster-mother
- (Christianity) godmother
- midwife
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| muime |
mhuime
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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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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “muime”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muim(m)e”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language