muimme
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *mammā (“mom, nanny”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmuimme f
Inflection
editFeminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | muimmeL | muimmiL | muimmi |
Vocative | muimmeL | muimmiL | muimmi |
Accusative | muimmiN | muimmiL | muimmi |
Genitive | muimme | muimmeL | muimmeN |
Dative | muimmiL | muimmib | muimmib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
muimme also mmuimme after a proclitic |
muimme 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
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muim(m)e or dil.ie/32709”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language