Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkuβ̃.dəx/, [ˈkuβ̃dax]

Noun

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cumtach n (genitive cumtaig)

  1. verbal noun of con·utaing: construction
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 131c8
      onaib tollaidib bite o[c] cumtuch són
      by the stonecutters engaged in construction
  2. A structure or object that contains other objects, such as a case, container, or cover.
    • c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 18a2
      Du·bbert Pátricc cumtach du Fiacc, idon clocc ⁊ menstir ⁊ bachall ⁊ poolire.
      St. Patrick gave St. Fiacc a case [containing] a bell, a reliquary, a crozier, and a writing tablet.
  3. decoration, embellishment
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 72a5
      .i. tre sóinmigi ⁊ chumtach Sión
      i.e. through the prosperity and decoration of Zion

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cumtachN cumtachN cumtachL, cumtacha
Vocative cumtachN cumtachN cumtachL, cumtacha
Accusative cumtachN cumtachN cumtachL, cumtacha
Genitive cumtaigL cumtach cumtachN
Dative cumtuchL cumtachaib cumtachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: cumdach

Mutation

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Mutation of cumtach
radical lenition nasalization
cumtach chumtach cumtach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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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