cúnamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• congnamh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish congnam, verbal noun of con·gní. By surface analysis, cún(aigh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠəvˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːnə/, /ˈkoːnə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠə/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːnˠuː/, [ˈkũːnˠũː]; /ˈkuːn̪ˠuː/, [ˈkũːn̪ˠũː]

Noun

cúnamh m (genitive singular as substantive cúnaimh, genitive as verbal noun cúnta)

1. verbal noun of cúnaigh
2. help, aid, assistance

   D’ordaigh Dia cúnamh; is maith le Dia (féin) cúnamh.

   God helps those who help themselves.

Declension

Declension of cúnamh (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cúnamh vocative a chúnaimh genitive cúnaimh dative cúnamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cúnamh genitive an chúnaimh dative leis an gcúnamh don chúnamh

Synonyms

• cabhair
• cuidiú

Derived terms

• áirse chúnta
• briathar cúnta
• comhlacht cúnta
• cúnamh a thabhairt do
• cúnamh airgid
• cúnamh dífhostaíochta
• cúnamh teaghlaigh
• cúntach
• féinchúnamh
• guta cúnta
• inneall cúnta
• lámh chúnta
• le cúnamh Dé
• lucht cúnta
• múinteoir cúnta
• teacht chun cúnaimh ar

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúnamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúnamh	chúnamh	gcúnamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “congnaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 180
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúnamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN