cumung

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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

  1. narrow, constricted, close, compressed, restricted, constrained

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

  • Irish: cúng
  • Manx: coon
  • Scottish Gaelic: cumhang

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