mòmaid

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish mómint (“moment, instant”) (compare Irish móimint), from Latin mōmentum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔːmɪtʲ/

Noun

mòmaid f (genitive singular mòmaide, plural mòmaidean)

1. moment (time)

Synonyms

• greis

Mutation

Mutation of mòmaid

radical	lenition
mòmaid	mhòmaid

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

Further reading

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