cùm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cum"

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cum

Etymology

From Old Irish con·gaib. Cognate with Irish coinnigh and Manx cum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuːm/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [kʰə̃ʉ̃m]
• (Islay, north and mid Argyll, Lochaber) IPA^(key): /kʰumː/
• (Perthshire) IPA^(key): /kʰum/

Verb

cùm (past chùm, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumail, past participle cumta)

1. keep, hold

   Cùm seo dhomhsa gu Dihaoine. ― Keep this for me till Friday.

   Chùm i an taigh glan. ― She kept the house clean.

   Cha do chùm e ris a’ bhargan. ― He didn’t keep [his part of] the bargain.

2. keep, continue

Derived terms

• cùm ri
• cùm suas ri

Mutation

Mutation of cùm

radical	lenition
cùm	chùm

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kum˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kum˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊm˨˩]

Noun

cùm • (柑)

1. fetters

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gông cùm