See also: muire

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Maire,[1] from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (maryām) or Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām). Doublet of Máire (the girl’s name Mary and the name of the other biblical Marys).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Muire f (genitive Mhuire)

  1. (biblical) Mary (mother of Jesus)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Muire
radical lenition eclipsis
Muire Mhuire not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 Muire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Proper noun

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Muire f

  1. (biblical) Alternative form of Moire