mumaí

See also: mumai

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mummy.

Noun

mumaí m (genitive singular mumaí, nominative plural mumaithe)

  1. mummy (embalmed corpse)

Declension

Declension of mumaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mumaí mumaithe
vocative a mhumaí a mhumaithe
genitive mumaí mumaithe
dative mumaí mumaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mumaí na mumaithe
genitive an mhumaí na mumaithe
dative leis an mumaí
don mhumaí 		leis na mumaithe

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • mumaigh (“mummify”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mumaí
radical lenition eclipsis
mumaí mhumaí not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mumaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “mumaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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