buime

Irish

Alternative forms

• muime

Etymology

Alteration of older muime, from Old Irish muimme, from Proto-Celtic *mammā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪmʲə/

Noun

buime f (genitive singular buime, nominative plural buimí)

1. nurse (person who takes care of other people's young), nanny
2. foster mother

Declension

Declension of buime

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buime buimí Vocative a bhuime a bhuimí Genitive buime buimí Dative buime buimí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhuime na buimí Genitive na buime na mbuimí Dative leis an mbuime don bhuime leis na buimí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buime	bhuime	mbuime
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “buime”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• 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
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 99
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

buime f

1. Alternative form of muime

Mutation

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