púma

See also: puma, Puma, and pumă

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English puma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰuːma/
• Rhymes: -uːma

Noun

púma f (genitive singular púmu, nominative plural púmur)

1. puma (Puma concolor)

   Synonym: fjallaljón

Declension

Declension of púma (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	púma	púman	púmur	púmurnar
accusative	púmu	púmuna	púmur	púmurnar
dative	púmu	púmunni	púmum	púmunum
genitive	púmu	púmunnar	púmna, púma	púmnanna, púmanna

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish puma, possibly via English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠuːmˠə/

Noun

púma m (genitive singular púma, nominative plural púmaí)

1. puma, cougar, mountain lion (Puma concolor)

Declension

Declension of púma (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative púma púmaí vocative a phúma a phúmaí genitive púma púmaí dative púma púmaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an púma na púmaí genitive an phúma na bpúmaí dative leis an bpúma don phúma leis na púmaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of púma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
púma	phúma	bpúma

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “púma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “púma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “púma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026