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Irish
Etymology
Dissimilated from móiméad, an alternative form of móimint (“moment”), from Latin mōmentum. Also a doublet of bomaite.
Pronunciation
Noun
nóiméad m (genitive singular nóiméid, nominative plural nóiméid)
- (standard, Connacht) minute (unit of time)
- Synonym: (Ulster) bomaite
Declension
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mómint”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nóiméad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nóiméad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “nóiméad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “nóiméad”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [Nyūekusupuresu Purasu Airurando-go, New Express Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17-19