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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish duma, from Old Irish dumae.
Pronunciation
Noun
dumha m (genitive singular dumha or dumhadh, nominative plural dumhaí or dumhadha)
- burial mound, tumulus
- Synonyms: tuaim, tuama
- heap (pile)
- Synonyms: carn, cnap, carnán
Declension
Alternative declension:
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| dumha
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dhumha
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ndumha
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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
- “dumha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 duma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “duṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN