mumaí

See also: mumai

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mummy.

Noun

mumaí m (genitive singular mumaí, nominative plural mumaithe)

1. 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

Derived terms

• mumaigh (“mummify”, verb)

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mumaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mumaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024