See also: cung, cùng, cũng, and cứng

Irish edit

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Etymology edit

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).

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Adjective edit

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

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

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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúng chúng gcúng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

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

Further reading edit

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

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

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Verb edit

cúng

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

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