cùm

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish con·gaib. Cognate with Irish coinnigh and Manx cum.

Pronunciation

Verb

cùm (past chùm, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumail, past participle cumta)

  1. keep, hold
    Cùm seo dhomhsa gu Dihaoine.Keep this for me till Friday.
    Chùm i an taigh glan.She kept the house clean.
    Cha do chùm e ris a’ bhargan.He didn’t keep the bargain.
  2. keep, continue

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cùm
radical lenition
cùm chùm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

cùm ()

  1. fetters

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