muime

Irish

Noun

muime f (genitive singular muime, nominative plural muimí)

  1. alternative form of buime

Mutation

Mutated forms of muime
radical lenition eclipsis
muime mhuime not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuimə/, (Skye) [ˈmuʲmʲə][2]

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

Mutation of muime
radical lenition
muime mhuime

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muim(m)e”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “muime”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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