cummae

Old Irish

FWOTD – 11 December 2024

Alternative forms

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

  1. verbal noun of con·ben: cutting, butchering, maiming
  2. shape, form, appearance

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
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

  • Middle Irish: cuma

Adjective

cummae

  1. similar, alike (with fri or ocus)

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

  1. equally, in the same way

Mutation

Mutation of cummae
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.

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