femm

Middle Irish

Etymology

Related somehow to femain, femmain (“(edible) seaweed”), from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā.

Noun

femm (gender unknown)

  1. a type of seaweed

Descendants

  • Irish: feam

Mutation

Mutation of femm
radical lenition nasalization
femm ḟemm femm
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

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