cumhang
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Irish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cumhang
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cumhang | chumhang | gcumhang |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cumung, from Proto-Celtic *kom-ingus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂enǵʰ- (“tight, painfully constricted”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cumhang
- narrow, close, tight
- close-minded, narrow-minded, illiberal
- 'S e neach-dìolain cumhang! ― He’s a narrow-minded bastard!
- Cha chreid thu dè cho cumhang is a tha cridhe Chaluim! ― You would not believe how narrow-minded Calum is!
Noun[edit]
Categories:
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish superseded forms
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enǵʰ-
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
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