dumha
Irish
Alternative forms
- dumhaighe
Etymology
From Middle Irish duma, from Old Irish dumae.
Noun
dumha m (genitive singular dumha or dumhadh, nominative plural dumhaí or dumhadha)
Declension
Declension of dumha
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative declension:
Declension of dumha
Fifth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- dumha sí (“fairy mound”)
- dumha seilge (“hunting mound”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
Further reading
- “dumha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
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