muimme
Appearance
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *mammā (“mom, nanny”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]muimme f
Inflection
[edit]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:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
muimme also mmuimme after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
muimme pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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