bean ghlúine

See also: bean-ghlùine

Irish

Noun

bean ghlúine f (genitive singular mná glúine, nominative plural mná glúine)

1. midwife

   Synonyms: bean chabhrach, cailleach, cnáimhseach

Mutation

Mutated forms of bean ghlúine

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bean ghlúine	bhean ghlúine	mbean ghlúine

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glúin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “midwife”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bean ghlúine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm