cnuimh

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

cnuimh f (genitive singular cnuimhe, nominative plural cnuimheanna)

  1. alternative form of cruimh

Declension

Declension of cnuimh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cnuimh cnuimheanna
vocative a chnuimh a chnuimheanna
genitive cnuimhe cnuimheanna
dative cnuimh cnuimheanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chnuimh na cnuimheanna
genitive na cnuimhe na gcnuimheanna
dative leis an gcnuimh
don chnuimh 		leis na cnuimheanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnuimh
radical lenition eclipsis
cnuimh chnuimh gcnuimh

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 155

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cnuimh f (genitive singular cnuimhe, plural cnuimhean)

  1. worm, maggot

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
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