Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish duma, from Old Irish dumae.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠũː.i/[3] (corresponding to the form dumhaighe)
Noun
dumha m (genitive singular dumha or dumhadh, nominative plural dumhaí or dumhadha)
- burial mound, tumulus
- Synonyms: tuaim, tuama
- heap (pile)
- Synonyms: carn, cnap, carnán
Declension
Declension of dumha (fourth declension)
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Alternative declension:
Declension of dumha (fifth declension)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an dumha
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na dumhadha
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| genitive
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an dumhadh
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na ndumhadha
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| dative
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leis an dumha
leis an dumhaidh (archaic, dialectal)
don dumha
don dumhaidh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na dumhadha
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Derived terms
- dumha sí (“fairy mound”)
- dumha seilge (“hunting mound”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of dumha
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| dumha
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dhumha
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ndumha
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “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
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 65
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “duṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 380; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
