cúng

See also: cung, cùng, cũng, and cứng

Irish

Alternative forms

• cumhang (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish cumung, from Proto-Celtic *komingus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂énǵʰus (“tight, painfully constricted”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kuːŋ(ɡ)/, [kũːŋ(ɡ)]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kuːn̪ˠ/, [kũːn̪ˠ] (as if spelled cúnn)

Adjective

cúng (genitive singular masculine cúng, genitive singular feminine cúinge, plural cúnga, comparative cúinge)

1. narrow

   Synonym: caol

2. (nominalized, masculine) narrow part

Declension

Declension of cúng

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cúng	chúng	cúnga; chúnga²
Vocative	chúng		cúnga
Genitive		cúinge	cúnga	cúng
Dative	cúng; chúng¹	chúng	cúnga; chúnga²
Comparative	níos cúinge
Superlative	is cúinge

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• cúngach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúng	chúng	gcúng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 供 (“to offer”, SV: cung). Doublet of cung.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˥]

Verb

cúng

1. (religion, occult) to give offerings, to enshrine, to worship

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cúng bái
• cúng cơm
• thờ cúng