bomaite

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bumaite

Etymology

Alteration (either by dissimilation or by reinterpretation as an eclipsed form) of móimid, móimint (“moment”), from Latin mōmentum. Also a doublet of nóiméad.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʌmˠətʲə/, /ˈbˠomˠətʲə/[1]

Noun

bomaite m (genitive singular bomaite, nominative plural bomaití)

  1. (Ulster) minute (unit of time)
    Synonym: (standard) nóiméad

Declension

Declension of bomaite (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bomaite bomaití
vocative a bhomaite a bhomaití
genitive bomaite bomaití
dative bomaite bomaití
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bomaite na bomaití
genitive an bhomaite na mbomaití
dative leis an mbomaite
don bhomaite 		leis na bomaití

Mutation

Mutated forms of bomaite
radical lenition eclipsis
bomaite bhomaite mbomaite

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 36, page 17

Further reading

  • “bomaite”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bomaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “bomaite”, 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
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