mamaí

See also: mamai and màmài

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmˠamˠiː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mammy.

Noun

mamaí f (genitive singular mamaí)

  1. mammy, mummy, mommy
    Synonyms: mam, maime
Declension
Declension of mamaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative mamaí
Vocative a mhamaí
Genitive mamaí
Dative mamaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhamaí
Genitive na mamaí
Dative leis an mamaí

don mhamaí

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

mamaí

  1. genitive singular feminine of mamach (“mammary; mammal, mammalian”)
Alternative forms
  • mamaighe (obsolete)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

mamaí m pl

  1. plural of mama (“breast, pap; mamma”)

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

Further reading
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