cnáimhseach

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cnáimsech f (midwife).

Noun[edit]

cnáimhseach f (genitive singular cnáimhsí, nominative plural cnáimhseacha)

  1. midwife
    Synonyms: bean chabhrach, bean ghlúine, cailleach

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Adjective[edit]

cnáimhseach (genitive singular masculine cnáimhsigh, genitive singular feminine cnáimhsí, plural cnáimhseacha, not comparable)

  1. obstetric
  2. obstetrical

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cnáimhseach chnáimhseach gcnáimhseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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