bomaite

Irish

Alternative forms
  • bumaite

Etymology

Alteration (either by dissimilation or by reinterpretation as an eclipsed form) of móimid, móimint (“moment”), from Latin mōmentum. Also a doublet of nóiméad.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʌmˠətʲə/, /ˈbˠomˠətʲə/[1]

Noun

bomaite m (genitive singular bomaite, nominative plural bomaití)

  1. (Ulster) minute (unit of time)
    Synonym: (standard) nóiméad

Declension
Declension of bomaite

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bomaite bomaití
Vocative a bhomaite a bhomaití
Genitive bomaite bomaití
Dative bomaite bomaití

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bomaite na bomaití
Genitive an bhomaite na mbomaití
Dative leis an mbomaite

don bhomaite

 leis na bomaití

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bomaite bhomaite mbomaite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

Further reading
  • “bomaite”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bomaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Kuninao Nashimoto (2020 March) ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [New Express Plus Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17-19
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