muime

Irish

Noun

muime f (genitive singular muime, nominative plural muimí)

  1. Alternative form of buime

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muime mhuime not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmuimə/

Noun

muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)

  1. nurse
  2. stepmother; foster-mother
  3. (Christianity) godmother
  4. midwife

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • muime-chìche f (“wet-nurse”)
  • muime-altram f (“dry-nurse”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
muimemhuime
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
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