Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman vampe, *vaumpé (part of a stocking covering the top of the foot) (with the -s of the plural reanalyzed as part of the stem), from Old French avantpié. Cognate with English vamp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buimpéis f (genitive singular buimpéise, nominative plural buimpéisí)

  1. vamp (top part of shoe or boot)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buimpéis bhuimpéis mbuimpéis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30