cumha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cumha	chumha	gcumha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “1 cuma” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “cuṁa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "cumha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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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