cumann
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish commann (“alliance, pact”), from Latin commentum.
Noun[edit]
cumann m (genitive singular cumainn, nominative plural cumainn)
- companionship, friendship
- darling, sweetheart
- Synonym: maoinín
- company, fellowship; community
- association; club, society
Declension[edit]
Declension of cumann
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- cumann lucht tráchtála (“chamber of commerce”)
- cumannachas m (“communism”)
- cumannaíoch (“communistic”, adjective)
- cumannaí m, cumannach m (“communist”, noun)
- droch-chumann (“bad companionship, evil association, illicit love”)
- reachtaire cumainn
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
cumann
- present indicative analytic of cum
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cumann | chumann | gcumann |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “commann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cumann” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cumann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.