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bemmi

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Finnish

Etymology

From the brand name BMW by clipping. Compare synonymous Estonian bemm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbemːi/, [ˈbe̞mːi]
  • Rhymes: -emːi
  • Syllabification(key): bem‧mi
  • Hyphenation(key): bem‧mi

Noun

bemmi (colloquial)

  1. (possibly humorous) Beamer, BMW
    Synonyms: BMW, (colloquial) bemari

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

bemmi

  1. first-person plural future of is
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 31c11
      mad in chrud so bemmi .i. co comalnammar a pridchimme et comman dessimrecht do chách
      if this is how we will be [lit. ‘if it is (in) this way that we will be’], i.e. that we may fulfill what we preach and may be an example to everyone

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

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

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