dumhach

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dumhach f (genitive singular duimhche, nominative plural dumhcha)

(geography) sand-hill, dune
(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

tiomóid duimhche (“sand catstail, sand timothy”)

Etymology 2

Noun

dumhach f (genitive singular duimhche, nominative plural dumhcha)

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dumhach	dhumhach	ndumhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"dumhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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