cumtach

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuṽ.dəx/

Noun

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. 131^c8

     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. 18^a2

     Du·bbert Pátricc cumtach du Fiacc, idon clocc ⁊ menstir ⁊ bachall ⁊ poolire.

     St. Patrick gave St. Fiacc a case 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. 72^a5

     .i. tre sóinmigi ⁊ chumtach Sión

     i.e. through the prosperity and decoration of Zion

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cumdach
  • Irish: cumhdach
  • Manx: coodagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhdach
  • → English: cumdach

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language