cumung
Old Irish
Etymology
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From Proto-Celtic *kom-ingus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂enǵʰ- (“tight, painfully constricted”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cumung
Declension
| u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cumung | cumung | cumung |
| Vocative | cumung | ||
| Accusative | cumung | cumuing | |
| Genitive | cumuing | cumgae | cumuing |
| Dative | cumung | cumuing | cumung |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | cumgai | cumgai | |
| Vocative | cumgai | ||
| Accusative | cumgai | ||
| Genitive | * | ||
| Dative | cumgaib | ||
| Notes | *not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish | ||
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cumung | chumung | cumung pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumung”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language