cumhang

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Irish

Adjective

cumhang

  1. Obsolete spelling of cúng.

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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From Old Irish cumung, from Proto-Celtic *kom-ingus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂enǵʰ- (“tight, painfully constricted”).

Adjective

cumhang

  1. narrow, close, tight
  2. close-minded, narrow-minded, illiberal
    • 'S e neach-dìolain cumhang!
      He’s a narrow-minded bastard!
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