cumhdaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cúmhdaigh, cumhduigh, cúmhduigh (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cumtaigid (whence also Scottish Gaelic còmhdaich and Manx coodee), denominal from Old Irish cumtach, the verbal noun of con·utaing.[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

cumhdaigh (present analytic cumhdaíonn, future analytic cumhdóidh, verbal noun cumhdach, past participle cumhdaithe)

  1. to cover, cover up
  2. to keep, preserve, protect
    Synonym: coinnigh
  3. (law, literary) to enshrine (protect within an official law or treaty)
  4. to upholster
  5. to jacket (enclose or encase in a jacket)
  6. to muffle (wrap up for warmth, protection or security)
  7. to roof (cover or furnish with a roof)
    Synonym: díon
  8. (literary) to build
    Synonyms: tóg, déan

Conjugation

Noun

cumhdaigh

  1. inflection of cumhdach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of cumhdaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
cumhdaigh chumhdaigh gcumhdaigh

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

References

  1. ^ cumhdaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·utainc, con·utaing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 130, page 50

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