púma

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See also: puma, Puma, and pumă

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English puma.

Pronunciation

Noun

púma f (genitive singular púmu, nominative plural púmur)

  1. puma (Puma concolor)
    Synonym: fjallaljón

Declension

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma.

Pronunciation

Noun

púma m (genitive singular púma, nominative plural púmaí)

  1. puma, cougar, mountain lion (Puma concolor)

Declension

Declension of púma (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative púma púmaí
vocative a phúma a phúmaí
genitive púma púmaí
dative púma púmaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an púma na púmaí
genitive an phúma na bpúmaí
dative leis an bpúma
don phúma
leis na púmaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of púma
radical lenition eclipsis
púma phúma bpúma

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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