Mumu
German
Pronunciation
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Declension
Old Irish
Etymology
From the Irish mythological queen Mór Muman, whose name means "great mother;" see máthir.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuṽu/
Declension
Feminine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | MumuL | — | — |
Vocative | MumuL | — | — |
Accusative | MumainN | — | — |
Genitive | Muman | — | — |
Dative | MumainL, MumeL, MumuL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- muimnech
References
- The Great Queens: Irish Goddesses from the Morrígan to Cathleen Ní Houlihan, p. 130
- Olmsted, Garrett. The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans. University of Innsbruck, 1994. pp.162, 206, 270
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Mumu, muma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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