buimpéis

Irish

Alternative forms

• buimpís

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vampe, *vaumpé (“part of a stocking covering the top of the foot”) (with the -s of the plural reanalyzed as part of the stem), from Old French avantpié. Cognate with English vamp.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠiːmʲˈpʲeːʃ/

Noun

buimpéis f (genitive singular buimpéise, nominative plural buimpéisí)

1. vamp (top part of shoe or boot)

Declension

Declension of buimpéis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buimpéis buimpéisí Vocative a bhuimpéis a bhuimpéisí Genitive buimpéise buimpéisí Dative buimpéis buimpéisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhuimpéis na buimpéisí Genitive na buimpéise na mbuimpéisí Dative leis an mbuimpéis don bhuimpéis leis na buimpéisí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buimpéis	bhuimpéis	mbuimpéis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.