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

Mutated forms of dumhach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dumhach	dhumhach	ndumhach

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

Further reading

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