"cumha" meaning in Irish

See cumha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kuː/, /kuə/, /ˈkũː.i/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to the form cumhaidh)
Etymology: From Old Irish cuma. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|cuma}} Old Irish cuma Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cumha|or|cumhadh||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} cumha m (genitive singular cumha or cumhadh), {{ga-noun|m|cumha|-|gen2=cumhadh}} cumha m (genitive singular cumha or cumhadh) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cumha [genitive, singular], cumhadh [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cumha [indefinite, nominative, singular], a chumha [indefinite, singular, vocative], cumha [genitive, indefinite, singular], cumha [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cumha [definite, nominative, singular], an chumha [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcumha [dative, definite, singular], don chumha [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cumha [indefinite, nominative, singular], a chumha [indefinite, singular, vocative], cumhadh [genitive, indefinite, singular], cumha [dative, indefinite, singular], cumhaidh [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cumha [definite, nominative, singular], an chumhadh [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcumha [dative, definite, singular], leis an gcumhaidh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don chumha [dative, definite, singular], don chumhaidh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cumha [error-unrecognized-form], chumha [error-unrecognized-form], gcumha [error-unrecognized-form], cumhaidh [alternative]
  1. sadness, sorrow Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cumha-ga-noun-cyW8OaU7 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Emotions Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Emotions: 78 22
  2. longing, homesickness Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cumha-ga-noun-tpz~rict Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cumhach (english: homesick, lonely) [adjective], cumhán (english: fit of loneliness) [masculine] 
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "homesick, lonely",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "cumhach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fit of loneliness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cumhán"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "cuma"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cuma",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cuma.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumhadh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumhadh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumhaidh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chumhadh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcumhaidh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chumhaidh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chumha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcumha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumhaidh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "4": "cumha",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "cumhadh",
        "7": "",
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        "9": "",
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        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "cumha m (genitive singular cumha or cumhadh)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "cumha",
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        "gen2": "cumhadh"
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  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "ga:Emotions",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I feel sad.",
          "text": "Tá cumha orm.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "sadness, sorrow"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sadness",
          "sadness"
        ],
        [
          "sorrow",
          "sorrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "longing, homesickness"
      ],
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          "longing",
          "longing"
        ],
        [
          "homesickness",
          "homesickness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkũː.i/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form cumhaidh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cumha"
}

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    "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Emotions",
    "gd-noun 2"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "homesick, lonely",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "cumhach"
    },
    {
      "english": "fit of loneliness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cumhán"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cuma.",
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    {
      "form": "cumha",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumhadh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumhadh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cumhaidh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chumhadh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcumhaidh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chumha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chumhaidh",
      "source": "declension",
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        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "form": "cumha",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "chumha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcumha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "cumhaidh",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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          "english": "I feel sad.",
          "text": "Tá cumha orm.",
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        }
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuə/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkũː.i/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form cumhaidh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cumha"
}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
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    "cumha"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cumha",
  "trace": "started on line 4, detected on line 4"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cumha",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cumha/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cumha",
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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cumha",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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