cumhdach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cumdach (whence the English learned borrowing cumdach), from Old Irish cumtach, the verbal noun of con·utaing.[1] Cognate with Manx coodagh and Scottish Gaelic còmhdach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːd̪ˠəx/[2]

Noun

cumhdach m (genitive singular cumhdaigh, nominative plural cumhdaigh)

  1. verbal noun of cumhdaigh
  2. cover, covering, wrapper
    Synonym: clúdach
  3. shrine (case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics)
  4. protection (process of keeping something safe)
    Synonyms: cosaint, anacal
  5. binding (spine of a book)
  6. (biology) armature (protective organ, structure, or covering)
  7. custody (temporary possession)
  8. upholstery (materials used in upholstering furniture)
  9. (obsolete) construction

Declension

Declension of cumhdach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cumhdach cumhdaigh
vocative a chumhdaigh a chumhdacha
genitive cumhdaigh cumhdach
dative cumhdach cumhdaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cumhdach na cumhdaigh
genitive an chumhdaigh na gcumhdach
dative leis an gcumhdach
don chumhdach 		leis na cumhdaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cumhdach
radical lenition eclipsis
cumhdach chumhdach gcumhdach

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), “cumtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 406.14, page 98

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