cúng

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word cúng. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word cúng, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say cúng in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word cúng you have here. The definition of the word cúng will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcúng, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cung"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cumung,[1] from Proto-Celtic *komingus (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂énǵʰus (“tight, painfully constricted”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cúng (genitive singular masculine cúng, genitive singular feminine cúinge, plural cúnga, comparative cúinge)

  1. narrow
    Synonym: caol
  2. (nominalized, masculine) narrow part

Declension

Declension of cúng
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cúng chúng cúnga;
chúnga2
vocative chúng cúnga
genitive cúinge cúnga cúng
dative cúng;
chúng1 		chúng cúnga;
chúnga2
Comparative níos cúinge
Superlative is cúinge

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúng
radical lenition eclipsis
cúng chúng gcúng

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumung”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 41, page 22
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 167
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 51, page 23

Further reading

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 供 (“to offer”, SV: cung). Doublet of cung.

Pronunciation

Verb

cúng

  1. (religion, occult) to give offerings, to enshrine, to worship

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia