tuama

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəmˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tomb, influenced by synonymous tuaim.

Noun

tuama m (genitive singular tuama, nominative plural tuamaí)

1. grave

   Synonym: uaigh

2. tomb, tombstone
3. burial mound

   Synonyms: dumha, dumha adhlactha

Declension

Declension of tuama (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tuama tuamaí vocative a thuama a thuamaí genitive tuama tuamaí dative tuama tuamaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tuama na tuamaí genitive an tuama na dtuamaí dative leis an tuama don tuama leis na tuamaí

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 2

Noun

tuama f sg

1. genitive singular of tuaim (“tumulus”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuama

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuama	thuama	dtuama

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) “tuama”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuama”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 762
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuama”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tuama”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024