cumang

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • cumacc

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkuβ̃aŋɡ]

Noun

cumang (gender unknown)

  1. verbal noun of con·icc
  2. power, ability
    • 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. 18a14
      As·ririu-sa mo chumang dar far cenn.
      I will expend my power on your pl behalf.

Declension

It is not known whether this noun is masculine or neuter.[1] If it is masculine:

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cumang cumangL cumaingL
vocative cumaing cumangL *cumguH
accusative cumangN cumangL *cumguH
genitive cumaingL cumang cumangN
dative cumungL cumgaib cumgaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

If neuter:

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cumangN cumangN cumangL, *cumga
vocative cumangN cumangN cumangL, *cumga
accusative cumangN cumangN cumangL, *cumga
genitive cumaingL cumang cumangN
dative cumungL cumgaib cumgaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of cumang
radical lenition nasalization
cumang chumang cumang
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 724, page 448; reprinted 2017

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