Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Alteration (either by dissimilation or by reinterpretation as an eclipsed form) of móimid, móimint (moment), from Latin mōmentum. Also a doublet of nóiméad.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bomaite m (genitive singular bomaite, nominative plural bomaití)

  1. (Ulster) minute (unit of time)
    Synonym: (standard) nóiméad

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bomaite bhomaite mbomaite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

Further reading edit

  • bomaite”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bomaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Kuninao Nashimoto (2020 March) ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [New Express Plus Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17-19