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tuama

tuama

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tomba (obsolete)
  • tompa (obsolete)
  • tuamba (obsolete)
  • tuambadha (obsolete)
  • túma
  • tumba
  • túmba (obsolete)
  • tumbadha (obsolete)

Noun

tuama m (genitive singular tuama, nominative plural tuamaí)

  1. grave
  2. tomb
  3. burial mound

Declension

Synonyms

  • (grave): uaigh
  • (burial mound): dumha, dumha adhlactha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuama thuama dtuama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • túama” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “tuama” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "tuama" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.