cumhdach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cumdach (whence the English learned borrowing cumdach), from Old Irish cumtach, the verbal noun of con·utaing. Cognate with Manx coodagh and Scottish Gaelic còmhdach.

Noun

cumhdach m (genitive singular cumhdaigh, nominative plural cumhdaigh)

1. verbal noun of cumhdaigh
2. cover, covering, wrapper

   Synonym: clúdach

3. shrine (case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics)
4. protection (process of keeping something safe)

   Synonyms: cosaint, anacal

5. binding (spine of a book)
6. (biology) armature (protective organ, structure, or covering)
7. custody (temporary possession)
8. upholstery (materials used in upholstering furniture)
9. (obsolete) construction

Declension

Declension of cumhdach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cumhdach cumhdaigh Vocative a chumhdaigh a chumhdacha Genitive cumhdaigh cumhdach Dative cumhdach cumhdaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cumhdach na cumhdaigh Genitive an chumhdaigh na gcumhdach Dative leis an gcumhdach don chumhdach leis na cumhdaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cumhdach	chumhdach	gcumhdach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuṁdaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 216
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumhdach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN