cumha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuː/, /kuə/

Noun

cumha m (genitive singular cumha)

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

Declension
Declension of cumha

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative cumha
Vocative a chumha
Genitive cumha
Dative cumha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an cumha
Genitive an chumha
Dative leis an gcumha

don chumha

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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