dumha
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish duma, from Old Irish dumae.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dumha m (genitive singular dumha or dumhadh, nominative plural dumhaí or dumhadha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dumha
Alternative declension:
Declension of dumha
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- dumha sí (“fairy mound”)
- dumha seilge (“hunting mound”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dumha | dhumha | ndumha |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
Further reading
[edit]- “dumha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 duma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “duṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN