cumhang
Irish
Adjective
cumhang
- superseded spelling of cúng
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cumhang | chumhang | gcumhang |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cumung, from Proto-Celtic *kom-angus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂enǵʰ- (“tight, painfully constricted”).
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈkʰũ.ək/[1], [ˈkʰʉ̃.ək][2]
- (North Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰũˑ.ək/[3][4]
- (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈkʰũˑ.əŋɡ̊/[5]
Adjective
cumhang
- narrow, close, tight
- close-minded, narrow-minded, illiberal
- 'S e neach-dìolain cumhang! ― He’s a narrow-minded bastard!
- Cha chreid thu dè cho cumhang is a tha cridhe Chaluim! ― You would not believe how narrow-minded Calum is!
Noun
cumhang m (genitive singular cumhaing, plural cumhangan)
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)[1], Manchester: University of Manchester
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[3], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap