tuama
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from English tomb, influenced by synonymous tuaim.
Noun
edittuama m (genitive singular tuama, nominative plural tuamaí)
- grave
- Synonym: uaigh
- tomb, tombstone
- burial mound
- Synonyms: dumha, dumha adhlactha
Declension
editDeclension of tuama
Alternative forms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
edittuama f sg
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuama | thuama | dtuama |
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) “tuama”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuama”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 762
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuama”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tuama”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024