mumie

See also: Mumie and mumię

English

Noun

mumie (plural mumies)

1. Obsolete form of mummy (“embalmed corpse”).

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmumɪjɛ]

Noun

mumie f

1. mummy (embalmed corpse)

Declension

Declension of mumie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	mumie	mumie
genitive	mumie	mumií
dative	mumii	mumiím
accusative	mumii	mumie
vocative	mumie	mumie
locative	mumii	mumiích
instrumental	mumií	mumiemi

Related terms

• mumifikace
• mumifikovat

Danish

Etymology

From German Mumie, from Old French mumie from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ).

Noun

mumie c (singular definite mumien, plural indefinite mumier)

1. a mummy

Declension

Declension of mumie

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mumie	mumien	mumier	mumierne
genitive	mumies	mumiens	mumiers	mumiernes

Derived terms

• mumificere
• mumiekiste
• mumieportræt

References

• “mumie” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mumie m (definite singular mumien, indefinite plural mumier, definite plural mumiene)

1. a mummy (preserved body)

References

• “mumie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mumie m (definite singular mumien, indefinite plural mumiar, definite plural mumiane)

1. a mummy (preserved body)

References

• “mumie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mumia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmumi̯ɛː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmumiː/

Noun

mumie f

1. (medicine) black powder or glue-like mixture obtained from natural materials

Declension

Declension of mumie (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mumie	mumí	mumie
genitive	mumie	muḿú	mumí
dative	mumí	mumiema	mumiem
accusative	muḿú	mumí	mumie
vocative	mumie	mumí	mumie
locative	mumí	muḿú	mumiech
instrumental	muḿú	mumiema	mumiemi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “mumie”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mumjə/

Noun

mumie oblique singular, f (oblique plural mumies, nominative singular mumie, nominative plural mumies)

1. mummy (substance used in medicine prepared from mummified flesh)

Descendants

• English: mummy

References

• mumie on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mjɛ/
• Rhymes: -umjɛ
• Syllabification: mu‧mie

Noun

mumie

1. nominative plural of mumia
2. accusative plural of mumia
3. vocative plural of mumia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mummia, French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).

Noun

mumie f (plural mumii)

1. mummy

Related terms

• mumifica

Swedish

en mumie

Etymology

From German Mumie, from Old French mumie from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʉːmɪɛ/, [ˈmʉ̟ːmɪə]

Noun

mumie c

1. a mummy

Declension

Declension of mumie

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mumie	mumies
	definite	mumien	mumiens
plural	indefinite	mumier	mumiers
	definite	mumierna	mumiernas

Related terms

• mumifiera
• mumifiering
• mumifikation

References

• “mumie”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mumie”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mumie”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)