dumhach

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dumach (sand-bank; mound, elevation; heap, mass).

Noun

dumhach f (genitive singular duimhche, nominative plural dumhcha)

  1. (geography) sand-hill, dune
  2. (usually in the plural) sandy ground, (sand-)links
Declension
Declension of dumhach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dumhach dumhcha
vocative a dhumhach a dhumhcha
genitive duimhche dumhcha
dative dumhach dumhcha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dumhach na dumhcha
genitive na duimhche na ndumhcha
dative leis an dumhach
don dumhach
leis na dumhcha
Alternative declension
Declension of dumhach (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dumhach dumhaí
vocative a dhumhach a dhumhaí
genitive dumhacha dumhaí
dative dumhach dumhaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dumhach na dumhaí
genitive na dumhacha na ndumhaí
dative leis an dumhach
don dumhach
leis na dumhaí
Alternative declension
Declension of dumhach (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dumhach dumhaigh
vocative a dhumhach a dhumhaigh
genitive dumhacha dumhaigh
dative dumhach dumhaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dumhach na dumhaigh
genitive na dumhacha na ndumhaigh
dative leis an dumhach
don dumhach
leis na dumhaigh
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

dumhach f (genitive singular duimhche, nominative plural dumhcha)

  1. Alternative form of dabhach
Declension
Declension of dumhach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dumhach dumhcha
vocative a dhumhach a dhumhcha
genitive duimhche dumhcha
dative dumhach dumhcha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dumhach na dumhcha
genitive na duimhche na ndumhcha
dative leis an dumhach
don dumhach
leis na dumhcha

Mutation

Mutated forms of dumhach
radical lenition eclipsis
dumhach dhumhach ndumhach

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

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