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

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

References
  1. M. L. Sjoestedt, 1931, Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, p. 30.
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