muime
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- buime
Etymology
From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”).
Noun
muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)
- nurse
- stepmother; foster-mother
- (Christianity) godmother
- midwife
Synonyms
- (godmother): bana-ghoistidh, màthair-bhaiste
Derived terms
- muime-chìche f (“wet-nurse”)
- muime-altram f (“dry-nurse”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| muime | mhuime |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “muime”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muim(m)e”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language