cuing

See also: cúing

English

Verb

cuing

1. Alternative spelling of cueing

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuing, from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, nasal-infixed zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kiːɲɟ/

Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, nominative plural cuingeacha)

1. yoke
2. bond, obligation
3. tie, beam
4. (geography) isthmus, narrow neck of land (as between two lakes)
5. (music, typography) brace
6. (historical) harness, defensive armour
7. (figuratively) champion

Declension

Declension of cuing

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuing cuingeacha Vocative a chuing a chuingeacha Genitive cuinge cuingeacha Dative cuing cuingeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chuing na cuingeacha Genitive na cuinge na gcuingeacha Dative leis an gcuing don chuing leis na cuingeacha

Derived terms

• cuing an phósta (“the marriage yoke, wedlock”)
• cuing meá (“beam of balance”)
• cuing an mhuiníl (“nape of neck”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuing	chuing	gcuing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “cuing” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cuing” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Noun

cuing f

1. yoke

Descendants

• Irish: cuing
• Manx: quing
• Scottish Gaelic: cuing

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuing, from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɯ̃ĩŋʲkʲ/

Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, plural cuingean)

1. (agriculture) yoke
2. bond, obligation
3. restraint, hinderance
4. stoppage
5. captivity
6. strait, difficulty
7. (nautical) yoke of a rudder

Derived terms

• a' chuing (“asthma”)
• eadar-chuing (“heterozygote”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cuing	chuing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “cuing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language