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muime
muime
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- buime
Noun
muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)
Synonyms
- (godmother): bana-ghoistidh, màthair-bhaiste
Derived terms
- muime-chìche f (“wet-nurse”)
- muime-altram f (“dry-nurse”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| muime | mhuime |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “muim(m)e” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.