cummae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkume/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kombēsman, from *kom- (with) + *bēsman (a blow).

Noun

cummae n

  1. verbal noun of con·ben
  2. shape, form, appearance
Inflection
Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *kom-smiyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom (beside, with, by) + *sem- (one, as one).

Adjective

cummae

  1. similar, alike (with fri or ocus)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20c25
      Níta chumme-se friusom.
      I am not like them.
Derived terms

Adverb

cummae

  1. equally, in the same way

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cummae chummae cummae
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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