cuimilt

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish commailt.[3] By surface analysis, cuimil +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmˠəl̠ʲtʲ/[4] (corresponding to the form comailt)

Noun

cuimilt f (genitive singular cuimilte)

  1. verbal noun of cuimil

References

  1. ^ “cuimilt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “comailt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “commailt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 55, page 24

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