TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cumadh, m. (gs. -mtha). 1. vn. of cum. 2. Formation. ~ an tsaoil, the formation of the world. 3. Composition. 4. Contrivance, invention. Níl ann ach ~, it is just a made-up story. 5. ~ éadaigh, making, fitting, of clothes. 6. ~ bia, food-rationing.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag cumadh ~e, plotting rebellion.
Ó ~adh an saol, since the world was formed.
Ag ~adh ceilge, hatching a plot.
Níl ann ach scéal a ~adh, it is only a made-up story, a fabrication.
Níl sé ach ag ~adh, he is only spinning a yarn.
Bíonn sé ag ~adh cainte (dó féin), he is affected in his speech.
Shílfeá gur ~adh leat é, one would think it was made for you.
Ní bheinn ag ~adh leis an méid sin, le beirt nó triúr, I would not confine myself to that amount, to two or three.
Aos cumtha, associates, companions.