cumha

Irish

Alternative forms

• cumhaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish cuma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/, /kuə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkũːi/ (corresponding to the form cumhaidh)

Noun

cumha m (genitive singular cumha or cumhadh)

1. sadness, sorrow

   Tá cumha orm.

   I feel sad.

2. longing, homesickness

Declension

As fourth-declension noun:

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

As fifth-declension noun:

Declension of cumha

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cumha Vocative a chumha Genitive cumhadh Dative cumha cumhaidh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an cumha Genitive an chumhadh Dative leis an gcumha leis an gcumhaidh (archaic, dialectal) don chumha don chumhaidh (archaic, dialectal)

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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 214
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰũ.ə/

Noun

cumha f (genitive singular cumha, plural cumhachan)

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

Derived terms

• fo-chumha

Noun

cumha m (genitive singular cumha, plural cumhachan)

1. lament, elegy, dirge