conutaing

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• con·utuinc, con·utuing, con·futainc

Etymology

From com- +‎ uss- +‎ dingid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈu.dəŋʲɡʲ/

Verb

con·utaing (verbal noun cumtach)

1. to build, construct
   • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 346

     Amen, ticfat tailcind, con·utsat rúama,

     Amen, priests [like Saint Patrick] who build monasteries come...

   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Book of Leinster, Corm. L 1224

     ...nád fri canóin cáid cumtastar,

     ...that is not drawn up according to the holy canon...

2. to decorate, embellish
   • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, page 156; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:

     Is scrín nóeb con·utaing ór.

     He is a holy shrine embellished with gold.

Inflection

Complex, class B III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	cun·utgim		con·utuing, con·utuinc; coto·futainc (with infixed pronoun da-)				con·utangar
	Prot.
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.			con·rotaig, con·rotoich; conid·rotig (with infixed pronoun -id)			con·rótgatar	con·rótacht	con·rótachta
	Prot.
Future	Deut.						con·utsat
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.							con·utastar
	Prot.							·cumtastar
Past subjunctive	Deut.	con·utsin
	Prot.
Imperative				comtangad
Verbal noun		cumtach
Past participle		cumtachtae
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle Irish: cumtaigid (denominal from the verbal noun)
  • Irish: cumhdaigh
  • Manx: coodee
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhdaich

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
con·utaing	unchanged	con·n-utaing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “con-utainc, con-utaing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language