n t, f. cumha f., IGT Decl. § 4 . Later also with n s. cumaid. Somet. also without dental infl.

Grief, sorrow : rot nert cen cumaidh, Blathm. 4 . mad marb duini . . . / do chumaid, SR 3602 . rochoisc cumu mo chlīathaig, Ériu xx 192 § 7 . is c.¤ fo thuinn . . . mo grad-sae, IT i 124.11 (TE). línfaid c.¤ cridi rígan, TBC-LL² 4663 . ferr cloth cumaid, Anecd. iii 19.12 . ord coibsen, c.¤ gnāthach, Ériu ii 64 § 6 . fo digail . . . ┐ cnetaib ┐ cumthaib, Alex. 1085 = cumachtaib, ZCP xxx 157.30 . re crad na cumad, TTebe 3395 . forācbad ūaill re cuma (: lugha), ZCP iv 466 § 14 . is í cumha as áille ann, Magauran 1162 (see n.). cumhaidh anorduighthe, TSh. 5872 . ar mo chumha ní dúntar comhla, Keat. Poems 187 . gair chumha, O'Curry 2474 ( Eg. 88, 38 (39)c ) = gair cumhadh, O'Curry 432 ( H 3.18, 234b ). gnīm cumad a woeful deed, ZCP v 22 § 13 . ? is bronach an chai a cumad / do nither le Moir Muman, Mór M. § 6 H. cuimniugad c.¤ `reminder of grief', CCath. 2053 . tuile chumhadh, DDána 73.2 . culaidh chumha, TSh. 5598 .

With obj. gen.: atbath . . . C. dia cumaid side through sorrow for her, LU 3084 . dochuaid T. . . . dá bathad documaid a dalta, Dinds. 136 . atbēlsa fēin dia chumaid, Aided. M. 928 . co tuga Crist . . . a ch.¤ ┐ a gradh in ar cridene, LB 238c marg. inf. cumha an einigh d'éag, Magauran 1118 . ac denum a cumha `mourning for him, Maund. 67 . Note also: le hEoin nír chás a chumho `his grief' (subj. gen.), PBocht 11.31 .