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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

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