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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cuma.
Pronunciation
Noun
cumha m (genitive singular cumha or cumhadh)
- sadness, sorrow
- longing, homesickness
Declension
As fourth-declension noun:
As fifth-declension noun:
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cumha
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chumha
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gcumha
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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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References
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cuma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 214
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
cumha f (genitive singular cumha, plural cumhachan)
- (business) stipulation, clause, condition, term
Derived terms
Noun
cumha m (genitive singular cumha, plural cumhachan)
- lament, elegy, dirge