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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish commann (“alliance, pact”), from Latin commentum.
Noun
cumann m (genitive singular cumainn, nominative plural cumainn)
- companionship, friendship
- darling, sweetheart
- Synonym: maoinín
- company, fellowship; community
- association; club, society
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cumann
- present indicative analytic of cum
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cumann
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chumann
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gcumann
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “commann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cumann” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cumann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.