"muime" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmuimə/, [ˈmuʲmʲə] (note: Skye) Forms: muime [genitive, singular], muimeachan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], muime [error-unrecognized-form], mhuime [error-unrecognized-form], buime [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|muimme||foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness}} Old Irish muimme (“foster-mother, wet-nurse, instructress, patroness”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|muime|||||||plural|muimeachan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=muime|pl=muimeachan}} muime f (genitive singular muime, plural muimeachan)
  1. nurse Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muime-gd-noun-eB5RFqHh Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 16 18 35 31
  2. stepmother; foster-mother Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muime-gd-noun-ETUsYWwm Categories (other): Female family members, Occupations Disambiguation of Female family members: 8 67 14 12 Disambiguation of Occupations: 16 18 35 31
  3. (Christianity) godmother Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muime-gd-noun-hE1GOM7y Categories (other): Christianity, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Occupations Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 7 21 44 28 Disambiguation of Occupations: 16 18 35 31 Topics: Christianity
  4. midwife Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muime-gd-noun-KrH2-BCj Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 16 18 35 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bana-ghoistidh, màthair-bhaiste Derived forms: muime-chìche (english: wet-nurse) [feminine], muime-altram (english: dry-nurse) [feminine]
Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "mother",
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      "word": "màthair-bhaiste"
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      "word": "màthair-bhaiste"
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Download raw JSONL data for muime meaning in Scottish Gaelic (2.9kB)

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  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
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