cúnamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- congnamh (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Noun
cúnamh m (genitive singular as substantive cúnaimh, genitive as verbal noun cúnta)
- verbal noun of cúnaigh
- 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)
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Forms with the definite article:
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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 | ||
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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
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 166.
- 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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