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/

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

Mutated forms of bomaite

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bomaite	bhomaite	mbomaite

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
• Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “bomaite”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [Nyūekusupuresu Purasu Airurando-go, New Express Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19