cúnamh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish congnam, verbal noun of con·gní.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠəvˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkuːnˠə/, (Aran also) /ˈkoːnˠə/[1][2]
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkuːnˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːnˠu/

Noun

cúnamh m (genitive singular as substantive cúnaimh, genitive as verbal noun cúnta)

  1. verbal noun of cúnaigh
  2. help, aid, assistance
    D’ordaigh Dia cúnamh; is maith le Dia (féin) cúnamh.
    God helps those who help themselves.

Declension
Declension of cúnamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative cúnamh
Vocative a chúnaimh
Genitive cúnaimh
Dative cúnamh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an cúnamh
Genitive an chúnaimh
Dative leis an gcúnamh

don chúnamh

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • áirse chúnta
  • briathar cúnta
  • comhlacht cúnta
  • cúnamh airgid
  • cúnamh a thabhairt do
  • cúnamh dífhostaíochta
  • cúnamh teaghlaigh
  • cúntach
  • féinchúnamh
  • guta cúnta
  • inneall cúnta
  • lámh chúnta
  • le cúnamh Dé
  • lucht cúnta
  • múinteoir cúnta
  • teacht chun cúnaimh ar

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúnamh chúnamh gcúnamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 166.
  2. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 452.
  • “congnaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Further reading
  • "cúnamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “congnam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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