buimpéis
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editbuimpéis f (genitive singular buimpéise, nominative plural buimpéisí)
- vamp (top part of shoe or boot)
Declension
editDeclension of buimpéis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 19, page 12