cumann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish commann (“alliance, pact”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkʊmˠən̪ˠ]

Noun

cumann m (genitive cumainn, nominative plural cumainn)

1. Companionship, friendship
2. Darling, sweetheart
3. Company, community
4. An association, club, or society

Declension

Declension of cumann

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cumann cumainn Vocative a chumainn a chumanna Genitive cumainn cumann Dative cumann cumainn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cumann na cumainn Genitive an chumainn na gcumann Dative leis an gcumann don chumann leis na cumainn

Derived terms

• cumannachas
• reachtaire cumainn

Verb

cumann

1. present indicative analytic of cum

Usage notes

Used with a noun or pronoun (in the standard language, tú, sé, sí, sibh, siad or their emphatic equivalents) as the subject.

Related terms

• cumaim (1st person sing.)
• cumair (2d person sing., nonstandard)
• cumaimid (1st person pl.)
• cumaid (3d person pl., nonstandard)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cumann	chumann	gcumann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.