cumha

Irish

Alternative forms

• cumhaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish cuma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/, /kuə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkũː.i/ (corresponding to the form cumhaidh)

Noun

cumha m (genitive singular cumha or cumhadh)

1. sadness, sorrow

   Tá cumha orm.

   I feel sad.

2. longing, homesickness

Declension

As fourth-declension noun:

Declension of cumha (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms 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

As fifth-declension noun:

Declension of cumha (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cumha vocative a chumha genitive cumhadh dative cumha cumhaidh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cumha genitive an chumhadh dative leis an gcumha leis an gcumhaidh (archaic, dialectal) don chumha don chumhaidh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• cumhach (“homesick, lonely”, adjective)
• cumhán m (“fit of loneliness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cumha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cumha	chumha	gcumha

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 214
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰũ.ə/

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