congbál

Old Irish[edit]

congbál f (genitive congbálae, nominative plural congbála)

verbal noun of con·gaib: keeping, maintenance, containing
- c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 60, pages 115-179:
  "Is deithbir," olse, "cid ansa[e] don c[h]urp hi·tá a tóla[e] mora-sa a congbal."
  "No wonder," he said, "if it is difficult for the body, in which there are strong currents, to contain itself.
settlement

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	congbál^L	congbáil^L	congbála^H
Vocative	congbál^L	congbáil^L	congbála^H
Accusative	congbáil^N	congbáil^L	congbála^H
Genitive	congbálae^H	congbál^L	congbál^N
Dative	congbáil^L	congbálaib	congbálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Middle Irish: congbáil
- Irish: coinneáil
- Manx: cummal
- Scottish Gaelic: cumail

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
congbáil	chongbáil	congbáil pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.