buime

Irish

Alternative forms

• muime

Etymology

Alteration of older muime, from Old Irish muimme, from Proto-Celtic *mammā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪmʲə/

Noun

buime f (genitive singular buime, nominative plural buimí)

1. nurse (person who takes care of other people's young), nanny
2. foster mother

Declension

Declension of buime (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative buime buimí vocative a bhuime a bhuimí genitive buime buimí dative buime buimí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhuime na buimí genitive na buime na mbuimí dative leis an mbuime don bhuime leis na buimí

Mutation

Mutated forms of buime

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buime	bhuime	mbuime

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

Further reading

• “buime”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muim(m)e”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 99
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

buime f

1. Alternative form of muime

Mutation

Mutation of buime

radical	lenition
buime	bhuime

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