bean ghlúine

See also: bean-ghlùine

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “knee woman”.

Noun

bean ghlúine f (genitive singular mná glúine, nominative plural mná glúine)

  1. midwife
    Synonyms: bean chabhrach, cailleach, cnáimhseach

Mutation

Mutated forms of bean ghlúine
radical lenition eclipsis
bean ghlúine bhean ghlúine mbean ghlúine

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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