Mumhain
Irish
Alternative forms
- Mumha (archaic)
Etymology
From Old Irish Mumain, dative of Mumu (“Munster”).
Proper noun
Mumhain f (genitive Mumhan)
Declension
Declension of Mumhain
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Usage notes
- Always preceded by the definite article (An Mhumhain) outside of set phrases. Unusually for a proper noun, the genitive is always left unlenited after cúige ("province", thus Cúige Mumhan), in contrast to Connachta ("Connacht"), which is always lenited in the genitive (thus Cúige Chonnacht, "Province of Connacht").