cumhdaigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cumtaigid (whence also Scottish Gaelic còmhdaich and Manx coodee), denominal from Old Irish cumtach, the verbal noun of con·utaing.

Pronunciation

Verb

cumhdaigh (present analytic cumhdaíonn, future analytic cumhdóidh, verbal noun cumhdach, past participle cumhdaithe)

  1. to cover, cover up
  2. to keep, preserve, protect
    Synonym: coinnigh
  3. (law, literary) to enshrine (protect within an official law or treaty)
  4. to upholster
  5. to jacket (enclose or encase in a jacket)
  6. to muffle (wrap up for warmth, protection or security)
  7. to roof (cover or furnish with a roof)
    Synonym: díon
  8. (literary) to build
    Synonyms: tóg, déan

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cumhdaigh chumhdaigh gcumhdaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 130, page 50

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