cumtach
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Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cumtach n (genitive cumtaig)
- verbal noun of con·utaing: construction
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 131c8
- onaib tollaidib bite o[c] cumtuch són
- by the stonecutters engaged in construction
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 131c8
- A structure or object that contains other objects, such as a case, container, or cover.
- c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 18a2
- Du·bbert Pátricc cumtach du Fiacc, idon clocc ⁊ menstir ⁊ bachall ⁊ poolire.
- St. Patrick gave St. Fiacc a case [containing] a bell, a reliquary, a crozier, and a writing tablet.
- c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 18a2
- decoration, embellishment
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 72a5
- .i. tre sóinmigi ⁊ chumtach Sión
- i.e. through the prosperity and decoration of Zion
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 72a5
Inflection
[edit]Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cumtachN | cumtachN | cumtachL, cumtacha |
Vocative | cumtachN | cumtachN | cumtachL, cumtacha |
Accusative | cumtachN | cumtachN | cumtachL, cumtacha |
Genitive | cumtaigL | cumtach | cumtachN |
Dative | cumtuchL | cumtachaib | cumtachaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cumtach | chumtach | cumtach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language