conutaing

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From com- +‎ uss- +‎ dingid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈu.dəŋʲɡʲ/

Verb

con·utaing (verbal noun cumtach)

  1. to build, construct
    • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 346
      Amen, ticfat tailcind, con·utsat rúama,
      Amen, priests who build monasteries come...
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Book of Leinster, Corm. L 1224
      ...nád fri canóin cáid cumtastar,
      ...that is not drawn up according to the holy canon...
  2. to decorate, embellish
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, page 156; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Is scrín nóeb con·utaing ór.
      He is a holy shrine embellished with gold.

Inflection

Complex, class B III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Deut. cun·utgim con·utuing, con·utuinc; coto·futainc (with infixed pronoun da-) con·utangar
Prot.
Imperfect indicative Deut.
Prot.
Preterite Deut.
Prot.
Perfect Deut. con·rotaig, con·rotoich; conid·rotig (with infixed pronoun -id) con·rótgatar con·rótacht con·rótachta
Prot.
Future Deut. con·utsat
Prot.
Conditional Deut.
Prot.
Present subjunctive Deut. con·utastar
Prot. ·cumtastar
Past subjunctive Deut. con·utsin
Prot.
Imperative comtangad
Verbal noun cumtach
Past participle cumtachtae
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • ⇒ Middle Irish: cumtaigid (denominal from the verbal noun)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
con·utaing unchanged con·n-utaing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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