Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cnáimsech f (midwife).

Noun edit

cnáimhseach f (genitive singular cnáimhsí, nominative plural cnáimhseacha)

  1. midwife
    Synonyms: bean chabhrach, bean ghlúine, cailleach

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

cnáimhseach (genitive singular masculine cnáimhsigh, genitive singular feminine cnáimhsí, plural cnáimhseacha, not comparable)

  1. obstetric
  2. obstetrical

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cnáimhseach chnáimhseach gcnáimhseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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