dumha

Irish

Alternative forms

• dumhaighe

Etymology

From Middle Irish duma, from Old Irish dumae.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠũː.i/ (corresponding to the form dumhaighe)

Noun

dumha m (genitive singular dumha or dumhadh, nominative plural dumhaí or dumhadha)

1. burial mound, tumulus

   Synonyms: tuaim, tuama

2. heap (pile)

   Synonyms: carn, cnap, carnán

Declension

Declension of dumha (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dumha dumhaí vocative a dhumha a dhumhaí genitive dumha dumhaí dative dumha dumhaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dumha na dumhaí genitive an dumha na ndumhaí dative leis an dumha don dumha leis na dumhaí

Alternative declension:

Declension of dumha (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dumha dumhadha vocative a dhumha a dhumhadha genitive dumhadh dumhadha dative dumha dumhaidh (archaic, dialectal) dumhadha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dumha na dumhadha genitive an dumhadh na ndumhadha dative leis an dumha leis an dumhaidh (archaic, dialectal) don dumha don dumhaidh (archaic, dialectal) leis na dumhadha

Derived terms

• dumha sí (“fairy mound”)
• dumha seilge (“hunting mound”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dumha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dumha	dhumha	ndumha

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

Further reading

• “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
• 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