cúnamh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish congnam, verbal noun of con·gní.[2] By surface analysis, cún(aigh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

Noun

cúnamh m (genitive singular as substantive cúnaimh, genitive as verbal noun cúnta)

  1. verbal noun of cúnaigh
  2. help, aid, assistance
    D’ordaigh Dia cúnamh; is maith le Dia (féin) cúnamh.
    God helps those who help themselves.

Declension

Declension of cúnamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cúnamh
vocative a chúnaimh
genitive cúnaimh
dative cúnamh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cúnamh
genitive an chúnaimh
dative leis an gcúnamh
don chúnamh

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • áirse chúnta
  • briathar cúnta
  • comhlacht cúnta
  • cúnamh a thabhairt do
  • cúnamh airgid
  • cúnamh dífhostaíochta
  • cúnamh teaghlaigh
  • cúntach
  • féinchúnamh
  • guta cúnta
  • inneall cúnta
  • lámh chúnta
  • le cúnamh Dé
  • lucht cúnta
  • múinteoir cúnta
  • teacht chun cúnaimh ar

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúnamh
radical lenition eclipsis
cúnamh chúnamh gcúnamh

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

References

References
  1. ^ “cúnamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “congnam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 302, page 153
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 166
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 452, page 249
  6. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 483, page 132
  7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

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