cúnamh
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- congnamh (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish congnam, verbal noun of con·gní.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠəvˠ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkuːnˠə/, (Aran also) /ˈkoːnˠə/[1][2]
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkuːnˠuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːnˠu/
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of cúnamh
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- "cúnamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “congnam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language