cúnamh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish congnam, verbal noun of con·gní.[2] By surface analysis, cún(aigh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

Noun

cúnamh m (genitive singular as substantive cúnaimh, genitive as verbal noun cúnta)

  1. verbal noun of cúnaigh
  2. help, aid, assistance
    D’ordaigh Dia cúnamh; is maith le Dia (féin) cúnamh.
    God helps those who help themselves.

Declension

Declension of cúnamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cúnamh
vocative a chúnaimh
genitive cúnaimh
dative cúnamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cúnamh
genitive an chúnaimh
dative leis an gcúnamh
don chúnamh

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúnamh
radical lenition eclipsis
cúnamh chúnamh gcúnamh

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

References

  1. ^ “cúnamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “congnam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 166
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 452, page 249
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

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