memm
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An alteration of með (“with”).
Adverb
[edit]memm
- (childish) to partake as a playmate
- Viltu vera memm? ― Do you want to partake in our game? / Do you want to join?
- (informal) (to come) along, (to come) with
- Viltu koma memm? ― Do you want to come along?
Middle Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]memm m
- a kiss
Descendants
[edit]- Irish: meam (obsolete)
Mutation
[edit]Middle Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mem(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language