cumung

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuṽuŋɡ/

Adjective

cumung

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

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.

References
  • “cumung” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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