tuama

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəmˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tomb, influenced by synonymous tuaim.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

tuama m (genitive singular tuama, nominative plural tuamaí)

  1. grave
    Synonym: uaigh
  2. tomb, tombstone
  3. burial mound
    Synonyms: dumha, dumha adhlactha
Declension
Declension of tuama (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tuama tuamaí
vocative a thuama a thuamaí
genitive tuama tuamaí
dative tuama tuamaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tuama na tuamaí
genitive an tuama na dtuamaí
dative leis an tuama
don tuama 		leis na tuamaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tuama f sg

  1. genitive singular of tuaim (“tumulus”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuama
radical lenition eclipsis
tuama thuama dtuama

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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