cúng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cung"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cumung,[1] from Proto-Celtic *komangus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom- (beside, near, by, with) + *h₂énǵʰus (tight, painfully constricted).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cúng (genitive singular masculine cúng, genitive singular feminine cúinge, plural cúnga, comparative cúinge)

  1. narrow
    Synonym: caol
  2. (nominalized, masculine) narrow part

Declension

Declension of cúng
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cúng chúng cúnga;
chúnga2
vocative chúng cúnga
genitive cúinge cúnga cúng
dative cúng;
chúng1
chúng cúnga;
chúnga2
Comparative níos cúinge
Superlative is cúinge

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúng
radical lenition eclipsis
cúng chúng gcúng

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumung”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 41, page 22
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 167
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 51, page 23

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuṁang”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 294; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúng”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to offer, SV: cung). Doublet of cung.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˥]

Verb

cúng

  1. (religion, occult) to give offerings, to enshrine, to worship

Derived terms