memm

Icelandic

Etymology

An alteration of með (“with”).

Adverb

memm

1. (childish) to partake as a playmate

   Viltu vera memm? ― Do you want to partake in our game? / Do you want to join?

2. (informal) (to come) along, (to come) with

   Viltu koma memm? ― Do you want to come along?

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• mem

Etymology

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Noun

memm m

1. a kiss

Descendants

• Irish: meam (obsolete)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
memm	memm pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mem(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language