cumhang
Irish
Adjective
cumhang
Mutation
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
- narrow, close, tight
- close-minded, narrow-minded, illiberal
- 'S e neach-dìolain cumhang!
- He’s a narrow-minded bastard!
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