mumaí

See also: mumai

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mummy.

Noun

mumaí m (genitive singular mumaí, nominative plural mumaithe)

mummy (embalmed corpse)

Declension

Declension of mumaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mumaí	mumaithe
Vocative	a mhumaí	a mhumaithe
Genitive	mumaí	mumaithe
Dative	mumaí	mumaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mumaí	na mumaithe
Genitive	an mhumaí	na mumaithe
Dative	leis an mumaí don mhumaí	leis na mumaithe

Synonyms

seargán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mumaí	mhumaí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"mumaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “mumaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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