cumha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuː/, /kuə/

Noun

cumha m (genitive singular cumha)

  1. sadness, sorrow
    cumha orm.
    I feel sad.
  2. longing, homesickness

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cumha chumha gcumha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 cuma” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cuṁa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "cumha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cumha f (genitive singular cumha, plural cumhachan)

  1. (business) stipulation, clause, condition, term

Derived terms

Noun

cumha m (genitive singular cumha, plural cumhachan)

  1. lament, elegy, dirge
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