muime

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Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

muime f (genitive singular muime, nominative plural muimí)

  1. Alternative form of buime

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muime mhuime not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish muimme (foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)

  1. nurse
  2. stepmother; foster-mother
  3. (Christianity) godmother
  4. midwife

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

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