dumhach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dumach (“sand-bank; mound, elevation; heap, mass”).

Noun

dumhach f (genitive singular duimhche, nominative plural dumhcha)

1. (geography) sand-hill, dune
2. (usually in the plural) sandy ground, (sand-)links

Declension

Declension of dumhach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dumhach dumhcha Vocative a dhumhach a dhumhcha Genitive duimhche dumhcha Dative dumhach dumhcha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dumhach na dumhcha Genitive na duimhche na ndumhcha Dative leis an dumhach don dumhach leis na dumhcha

Alternative declension

Declension of dumhach

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dumhach dumhaí Vocative a dhumhach a dhumhaí Genitive dumhacha dumhaí Dative dumhach dumhaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dumhach na dumhaí Genitive na dumhacha na ndumhaí Dative leis an dumhach don dumhach leis na dumhaí

Alternative declension

Declension of dumhach

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dumhach dumhaigh Vocative a dhumhach a dhumhaigh Genitive dumhacha dumhaigh Dative dumhach dumhaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dumhach na dumhaigh Genitive na dumhacha na ndumhaigh Dative leis an dumhach don dumhach leis na dumhaigh

Derived terms

• tiomóid duimhche (“sand catstail, sand timothy”)

Etymology 2

Noun

dumhach f (genitive singular duimhche, nominative plural dumhcha)

1. Alternative form of dabhach

Declension

Declension of dumhach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dumhach dumhcha Vocative a dhumhach a dhumhcha Genitive duimhche dumhcha Dative dumhach dumhcha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dumhach na dumhcha Genitive na duimhche na ndumhcha Dative leis an dumhach don dumhach leis na dumhcha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dumhach	dhumhach	ndumhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dumhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN