giúmar

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ūmor.

Noun

giúmar m (genitive singular giúmair)

1. humour, mood
   • 2023 November 6, Roibeárd Ó Cuinn, “Labhraimis faoi dhúlagar”, in The Irish Times‎^[1], Tuarascáil:

     Is meabhairghalar é dúlagar a chuireann isteach ar ghiúmar, ar fheidhmiú inchinne, ar leibhéil fuinnimh, ar chodladh agus ar ár mbraistint folláine.

     Depression is a mental illness that affects mood, brain function, energy levels, sleep and our sense of well-being.

Declension

Declension of giúmar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative giúmar vocative a ghiúmair genitive giúmair dative giúmar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an giúmar genitive an ghiúmair dative leis an ngiúmar don ghiúmar

Derived terms

• as giúmar (“out of humour”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of giúmar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giúmar	ghiúmar	ngiúmar

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

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “giúmar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “giúmar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025