cummae
Old Irish
FWOTD – 11 December 2024
Alternative forms
- cumbae, cumme
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kombeyom, from *kom- (“with”) + *beyom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkum(b)e/, [ˈkum(b)ɘ]
Noun
cummae n
- verbal noun of con·ben: cutting, butchering, maiming
- shape, form, appearance
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cummaeN | cummaeL | cummaeL |
| vocative | cummaeN | cummaeL | cummaeL |
| accusative | cummaeN | cummaeL | cummaeL |
| genitive | cummaiL | cummaeL | cummaeN |
| dative | cummuL | cummaib | cummaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Adjective
cummae
Quotations
- 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. 20c25
- Níta chumme-se friusom.
- I am not like them.
Derived terms
Descendants
Adverb
cummae
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cummae | chummae | cummae pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cummae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language