cuing

See also: cúing

English

Verb

cuing

  1. Alternative spelling of cueing.

Noun

cuing (countable and uncountable, plural cuings)

  1. Alternative form of cueing.

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuing,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, nasal-infixed zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, nominative plural cuingeacha)

  1. yoke
  2. tie, bond
  3. (geography) isthmus, neck (of land)

Declension

Declension of cuing (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuing cuingeacha
vocative a chuing a chuingeacha
genitive cuinge cuingeacha
dative cuing cuingeacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chuing na cuingeacha
genitive na cuinge na gcuingeacha
dative leis an gcuing
don chuing 		leis na cuingeacha

Derived terms

  • cuing an phósta (“the marriage yoke, wedlock”)
  • cuing meá (“beam of balance”)
  • cuing an mhuiníl (“nape of neck”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuing
radical lenition eclipsis
cuing chuing gcuing

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), “cuing”, 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, § 47, page 25
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 306, page 108

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Noun

cuing f

  1. yoke

Descendants

  • Irish: cuing
  • Manx: quing
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuing

Mutation

Mutation of cuing
radical lenition nasalization
cuing chuing cuing
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuing, from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɯ̃ĩŋʲkʲ/

Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, plural cuingean)

  1. (agriculture) yoke
  2. bond, obligation
  3. restraint, hindrance
  4. stoppage
  5. captivity
  6. strait, difficulty
  7. (nautical) yoke of a rudder

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cuing
radical lenition
cuing chuing

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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